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To: SunkenCiv

Whom.

Sorry, one of the few English rules (whom, him, her as objects of sentence) that is consistent and, yet, no native English speaker follows it.

You all drive me crazy.


20 posted on 07/13/2020 11:54:06 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Jewbacca
Since no native English speaker follows it, it ain't a rule. Frankly, I think our failure to use whom (apart from "to whom it may concern" boilerplate) is part of a plot to drive you off the deep end. ;^).

21 posted on 07/13/2020 12:02:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Jewbacca

Your killing me. The language ain’t you’res.

Grammar nazis are so quibbly.

Most of us try, though.


26 posted on 07/13/2020 3:42:25 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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