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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Okay, but can you explain why?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 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.