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[โ€“] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Okay, but can you explain why?

[โ€“] blindsight 2 points 7 months ago

Whoever is the subject of the verb "did". Whoever did something.

Whomever is an object, so whoever did something to whomever.

In other words, "whoever" does things; "whomever" has things done to them.