I stumped the English Teacher!

[dixieskydiver 0]

Yay! I made swedishcelt look in her grammar book for an answer

Dixie
HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez
"Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time."

[dixieskydiver 0]

The question was: What is the correct usage of who/whom?

Dixie
HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez
"Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time."

[swedishcelt 0]

I knew the answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did! I just wanted to doublecheck!!

[Salsa_John 0]

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I knew the answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did! I just wanted to doublecheck!!

I knew it too.

"You did what?!?!"

MUFF #3722, TDSM #72, Orfun #26, Nachos Rodriguez

[Cyanide41 0]

so what IS the answer??

JAMES

[GeordieSkydiver 0]

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so what IS the answer??

42?

Lee _______________________________

In a world full of people, only some want to fly, is that not crazy?
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[shall555 0]

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The question was: What is the correct usage of who/whom?

"Who!" The sound you make after landing your new, hot canopy for the first time.

"Whom!" The sound you hear when somebody exits.


Easy.

[purplegirl 0]

bwahahahahahaha!!!!!

that was too funny!

[EricaH 0]

I don't know if it's 100% correct all the time; but I use this:

if you'd say he in the sentence you'd use who
if you'd say him, you'd use whom.

Obviously using he or him will sound funny since the sentence is a about an unknown person, but it's easier (for native type english speakers) to sound out.

There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear.

PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

[SpeedRacer 1]

"WHOM! WHOM! FUCK WHOM!!!"

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[swedishcelt 0]

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I don't know if it's 100% correct all the time; but I use this:

if you'd say he in the sentence you'd use who
if you'd say him, you'd use whom.

Obviously using he or him will sound funny since the sentence is a about an unknown person, but it's easier (for native type english speakers) to sound out.

You win!

[Dougiefresh 0]

Who if you're referring to the subject of the sentence: "He who laughs last, thinks slowest."

Whom if you're referring to the object of the sentence: "To whom shall I send this box of edible panties?"

I think that's right.... but my mom is the English major, not me.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams

[Salsa_John 0]

to whom...
from whom...
at whom...
for whom...
in whom...
with whom...

and the like is what I was taught

"You did what?!?!"

MUFF #3722, TDSM #72, Orfun #26, Nachos Rodriguez

[kelel01 1]

Exactly . . . whom follows a preposition.

"Who is the party for?"

-or-

"The party is for whom?"

[swedishcelt 0]

You are correct.

[Jib 0]

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Exactly . . . whom follows a preposition.

"Who is the party for?"

-or-

"The party is for whom?"

It's "For whom is the party?"

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[EricaH 0]

Yea! Thank you!

"Who is the party for?" is just plain bad english grammar. Never end a sentence in a proposition.

I believe some of the other rules work, it was just too hard for me to determine to which part of the sentence I was referring.

There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear.

PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

[airdweller 0]

so what IS the answer??

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Whom cares

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[kelel01 1]

That wasn't the point. Yeah, the prepositions were at the end which is wrong. But the who and whom were correct.

[SpeedRacer 1]

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Never end a sentence in a proposition.

This is not an actual grammatical rule.

It came from a Winston Churchill quote, "A sentence ending with a preposition is something up with which I will not put!"

But it isn't a real grammatical rule.

from Websters rules of grammar:

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You may have learned that ending a sentence with a preposition is a serious breach of grammatical etiquette. It doesn't take a grammarian to spot a sentence-ending preposition, so this is an easy rule to get caught up on (!). Although it is often easy to remedy the offending preposition, sometimes it isn't, and repair efforts sometimes result in a clumsy sentence. "Indicate the book you are quoting from" is not greatly improved with "Indicate from which book you are quoting."

In other words, at times a preposition is a perfectly legitimate word to end a sentence with.

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[SpeedRacer 1]

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Whom cares

No, it should be: "To whom does this make a fart of a difference?"

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