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?"Before this thread turns into the age old argument of whom has the best book of fairy tales, here is a more amusing article showing the lighter side.."Is "whom" used correctly in this instance.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Yes, it should be 'who'.  And 'age-old' should be hyphenated.

Anonymous · Answer

3thendric?"Before this thread turns into the age old argument of whom has the best book of fairy tales, here is a more amusing article showing the lighter side.."Is "whom" used correctly in this instance.

In my opinion, 'whom' is wrong and the sentence is grammatically flawed. Firstly, 'whom', the pronoun in the objective case (accusative) cannot be a subject of the verb 'has'. The only acceptable pronoun can be in the nominative case, so it has to be 'who'. But 'who' cannot follow the preposition 'of', thus the whole sentence should be rewritten, for example like that:

?"Before this thread turns into the age old argument of whom we consider the author (or owner; it depends on the context) of the best fairy-tales book, here is a more amusing article showing the lighter side.."

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