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WHO or WHOM? A 90% Trick
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| bannie
Posted on 04/30/2003 6:15:29 PM PDT by bannie
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To: Rocky
Right you are. I found it MOST helpful whilst (there's an oldie but a goodie) I slogged through trigonometry.
Regards,
To: pbear8
Your mama needs to come back Monday.
102
posted on
04/30/2003 7:42:58 PM PDT
by
error99
To: error99
Mine cut me out of the will, I tell everyone I'm an orphan.
103
posted on
04/30/2003 7:44:16 PM PDT
by
pbear8
( sed libera nos a malo)
To: VermiciousKnid
Thanks
To: bannie
Who-la (whom-la?):
105
posted on
04/30/2003 7:44:55 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Subvert the conspiracy of inanimate objects!)
To: Rocky
You will be right 90% of the time if you use "affect" when you want a verb, and "effect" when you are looking for a noun. There is a verb "effect", but the occasion to use it doesn't arise nearly as often as the verb "affect". Very good. It just sounds right when you apply this rule...
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posted on
04/30/2003 7:48:26 PM PDT
by
Jorge
To: TaxRelief
Means: From where he comes, from then he goes and he will come again.Not correct, but it's snappy, so I'll go with it. ;-)
To: bannie
Thank you very much for giving us the benefit of learning your trick. I deeply appreciate knowing it and will enjoy passing it on to the home schooled crowd.
To: Rocky
As adults, even people in the media say things like: "That was a surprise to Joe and I.AAARRGGGHH! That's my pet peeve too. And when I use it correctly, I have had people "correct" me! I have been known to say things like, "That was a surprise to me...and Joe" to be correct and not engage in endless futile discussions with people who say things like "I seen him" but still try to correct my "he and I" usage!!!
To: Revolting cat!
Looks like hoopla to me.
110
posted on
04/30/2003 7:50:05 PM PDT
by
Rocky
To: Ditter
Because you didn't 'cooperate' them...they all ran away!!!
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posted on
04/30/2003 7:51:11 PM PDT
by
plusone
To: Rocky
However, "effect" can be a verb and "affect" can be a noun.
I love this language!
To: Ditter
Who is this "noone" guy I keep hearing about. example: I went to the door but noone was there. The other odd thing about him is that he always gets hurt in the most minor accidents!
To: Fifth Business
Pray tell, good man, how therefore should it be defined?
To: Revolting cat!
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Whomla Hoop
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posted on
04/30/2003 7:54:33 PM PDT
by
openotherend
(I'm their leader! Which way did they go?)
To: Anamensis
Who do they remind you of? That's a tricky one, but you nailed it! "Who" is doing the "reminding", not "you".
I disagree, "whom" goes with "them" and "him". "They remind you of whom? They remind you of him?"
That's right. In the sentence. "Who do they remind you of?", "who" is the object of the preposition "of" and ought to be "whom." The subject of this sentence is "they" the predicate is "do remind you of whom," "you" is the direct object of the verb "remind" and the prepositional phrase, "of whom," is the indirect object.
Hank
To: plusone
Damn, I thought the dogs ate 'um.
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posted on
04/30/2003 7:55:57 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: not_apathetic_anymore
Now do you have any tricks for affect/effect???? There is a rule or device for this. Think of the first letter in each word - a in affect and e in effect. now think of a as in alter and e as in execute. Affect alters - effect executes.
To: IronJack
And then of course, to confuse us even more, that Hollywood actor had to use a stage name that is pronounced 'bin affeck'! Grrrrh!
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posted on
04/30/2003 7:56:24 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Subvert the conspiracy of inanimate objects!)
To: Erasmus
I after E except before C, and E before N in 'chicken'.For every time I've seen someone write 'chickne' I'll give you a nickle.
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Ah yes, my friend, but more than a few people think (or at least wonder) if the word isn't spelled the way it sounds: "c-h-i-c-k-i-n" (chik-in)
Thus: I before E except after C, and E before N in 'chicken'.
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posted on
04/30/2003 7:58:07 PM PDT
by
yankeedame
("Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.")
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