[bannie]

I hope I didn't overstep any protocol. I'm sure most know this, but I received interest in this little trick.

If it looks too confusing, just look at "THE TRICK" part of my stuff!

[bannie]

A playful "bump"

[fnord]

cool

[gcruse]

I'll be more concerned about who and whom once we get rid of the much worse confusion of 'him and me' vs 'he and I.' Even the people doing public speaking screw that one up regularly.

[WhiteGuy]

All of my English teachers, all those hours in class.....

and you straighten it all out for me in 20 seconds.

You ARE a great American!!!

[Quix]

Much thanks.

Has long been a bugaboo for me.

I never pretended to know grammar labels etc. well.

[willieroe]

Its great to see this information on it's own thread. :-)

[yankeedame]

Ah yes, and don't forget:

I after E except before C, and E before N in 'chicken'.

Hens "lay" and people "lie".

[CharacterCounts]

Your trick seems to work better for statements than questions.

He do you trust?

Him do you trust?

Which is correct?

[Focault's Pendulum]

I don't understand the question.

[Tulsa Brian]

Actually, will and shall have always tripped me up...:-)

[not_apathetic_anymore]

Now do you have any tricks for affect/effect???? I'll often change whole sentences to avoid those words since I'm never really sure.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

While we're on this kind of thing, does anyone know the code to remember the planets?

[Old Professer]

Which was the oldest goat in the pool?

A goat is not a whom or a him, sorry.

[tje]

thanks!

[Revolting cat!]

The rule is simple: it's the Who, not the Whom whom once wrote "Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)"

[Thinkin' Gal]

The Germanic word for the dative case, der Wemfall, reflects the der-to-dem change. The question word in the dative is, naturally enough, wem ([to] whom): Wem hast du das Buch gegeben?, Whom did you give book? (Who'd you give the book to?)

http://german.about.com/library/blcase_dat.htm

[doug from upland]

To whom do we give credit for this?

[Senator Pardek]

Who do they remind you of?

That's a tricky one, but you nailed it! "Who" is doing the "reminding", not "you".

[T'wit]

A whole generation has abandoned "who" and "whom" and simply refer to people as "that." My guess is they went through public schools, taught by semi-literate teachers who, er, that, er, whom, er, which did not have a clue about it him- or herselves.

I don't suppose there's much to be done about it except use words correctly ourselves.

[Ditter]

Maybe you can answer my question. Who is this "noone" guy I keep hearing about. example: I went to the door but noone was there. ;9}