why do americans use whom more than brits?

Well you know we had to make our own English language after breaking free from British rule I had to pull out my English referrence book and then I found you a link as to why we use whom and who. It's a confusing subject you know. : http://ask.yahoo.com/20021113.html

I don't know, but I do know that even when I use "whom" properly, it never sounds or feels right.

whom are you asking?

For some reason an image of the stoned hookah smoking catepillar from alice in wonderland won't leave my mind everytime i see this discussion listed in my searches, so i saw it as a sign that i should respond. I am horrible with grammer, even though i am known to correct people on theirs all the time LoL. I moved around a lot and went to many differnt school while growing up, and always seemd to miss the years that they were going to focus on proper gramatical skills, because i would move over the summer and start in a new school where they had alrady gone over all of that stuff. This didn't bother me much though, as it meant i got even more exposed to literature, which is one of my passions, and this meant that my grades stayed above par! I very raely use the word "whom" and when i do, it is only in certain phrases which are common such as "To whom it may concern" etc. Oh well, even if i am not a master of the english language, i beleive i am versed in it enough to get my point across! (i think anyways!) Although, i have been tld that i over-use prepositions. I think this is a mid-western united states thins (where i grew up and was schooled) and the "maine-ahs" with WHOM (ha, i found an instance where i used it!) i reside just don't get it. They think i use too many words. Sorry, i prefer to say "where is it AT?" instead of just "where IS it?" i think it has to do with what word becomes stressed in a sentance and thus (there is another oddball, seldom used word) which sounds better to my ear. wow, i didn't mean to ramble so long! pardon me while i exit this disussion for now....

You get compulsory grammar lessons in English schools as well as American. It's more the sociological factor. There are words that English people will use a lot more than the average American, and the same can be said for Australia. It is just what happens when two countries, on opposite sides of the world, speak and develop the same language.