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Apologies for the subject matter but, from a recent novel:

This was a person I had known for several years, since college, whom I had seen vomit, whose life-changing cover letter I had basically rewritten.

I'm confused about subject/object here. The usual rule is to invert the sentence. "I had seen him vomit" argues for "whom" but I'm not sure it applies in this case.

AmbroseChapel
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    Yes, whom is the right word there. And your logic is right as well. –  Jul 02 '21 at 10:18
  • You might be confused because, "...*who I had seen vomit, ...*" is also correct, and more common, at least in North America. With "whom" sounds formal or old-fashioned. – gotube Jul 02 '21 at 21:40

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