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To: Nextrush
All those whom have died from [...]

Ungrammatical!

Regards,

3 posted on 10/17/2021 10:39:25 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek; Nextrush

>> who not whom

Quite some time ago, I once used ‘whom’ in the subjective. I recall the accusation of being a pretentious jackass. To this day, I fight the temptation to use it.

The rule, which I just reviewed, states that ‘whom’ is acceptable as the object of a verb or preposition.

That’s fine... but ‘who have died’ vs ‘who died’ is for me the real struggle — lol.


6 posted on 10/18/2021 12:09:41 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: alexander_busek

The subject is “who”, therefore “whom” is not correct in this application.

The preface “all those” = “who”
“All those who” is a compound subjective pronoun. It is awkward writing. Shortened, it would be “all who died”, or “those who died”, but the subjective pronoun is still “who”, not “whom”. “Whom” is never a subjective pronoun

Example..

“Bob is he who played first base”

Presented for your edification.

...that is all


25 posted on 10/18/2021 6:40:09 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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