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Re:University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online... by vegai_ on Friday June 12, 2020 @04:04AM (#23497112)
>there were a number of classmates whom could not grasp

Sorry, pet peeve. It's "who". "Classmates" are the ones doing "could not grasp" instead of "could not grasp" being done to them.

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Re:University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online... by UncleSam on Friday June 12, 2020 @09:44AM (#23499148)
Any easy trick I use to help remember which to use is to replace who/whom with he/him to see which makes more sense in the context.

"He" could not grasp. => "Who" could not grasp.

I should vote for "him" => "Whom" should I vote for?

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