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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: Gene Eric
Quite some time ago, I once used ‘whom’ in the subjective.

Sorry, but you lost me at "subjective."

Regards,

7 posted on 10/18/2021 12:20:50 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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