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To: Anamensis
"They" are doing the reminding, and "they" = "who".
63 posted on 04/30/2003 7:17:28 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: Senator Pardek
I understand what you're saying but I'm pretty sure that's not how this one would pan out. There's a preposition there. Where there's a preposition, you get whom, him, them. Apply the old "never end a sentence with a preposition" rule and see what you get.
72 posted on 04/30/2003 7:20:52 PM PDT by Anamensis (Ithaca, Hollywood... America is like an oreo cookie; the good stuff's in the middle.)
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To: Senator Pardek
Yes, but we're talking about the object of the preposition "of"; "they" is the subject of remind. So it really is "Whom do they remind you of?" If you give in to the arrant nonsense up with which Winston Churchill would not put and recast it as "Of whom do they remind you?" perhaps it is clearer that "whom" is called for. Also, the advice of the original post still holds. English speakers wouldn't say "Do they remind you of I?"
191 posted on 04/30/2003 8:58:10 PM PDT by jejones
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To: Senator Pardek
"They" are doing the reminding, and "they" = "who".

Nah... "They" are reminding you of "whom". "Who" may be reminiscent of "them", but ultimately "they" and "who" and "you" are separate but equal remindatory entities under the law, Amen.

Okay, definitely time for a beer... Or five...

296 posted on 05/01/2003 3:25:30 PM PDT by maxwell (Well I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation...)
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