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Whomever vs. Whoever

Ryan: What I really want, honestly Michael, is for you to know it so you can communicate with the people here, to your clients, to whomever.
Michael: Heh- okay.
Ryan: What?
Michael: It's whoever.
Ryan: No, it's whomever.
Michael: No, whomever is never actually right.
Jim: Well, sometimes it's right.
Creed: Michael is right. It's a made up word used to trick students.
Andy: No, actually, whomever is the formal version of the word.
Oscar: Obviously it's a real word, but I don't know when to use it correctly.
Michael: Not a native speaker.
Kevin: I know what's right, but I'm not going to say because you guys are all jerks who didn't come see my band last night.
Ryan: Do you really know which one is correct?
Kevin: I don't know.
Pam: It's whom when it's the object of the sentence and who when it's the subject
Phyllis: That sounds right.
Michael: Well it sounds right but is it?
Stanley: How did Ryan use it as an object?
Ryan: As an object.
Kelly: Ryan used me as an object.
Stanley: Is he right about that - 
Pam: How did he use it again?
Toby: It was Ryan wanted Michael, the subject, to explain the computer system, the object-
Michael: *Points to Toby* Thank you!
Toby: -to whomever, meaning us, the indirect object, which is the correct usage of the word. 
Michael: No one asked you anything ever, so whomever's name is Toby, why don't you take a letter opener and stick it into your skull?