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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Confused Whoever or Whomever?
Does this sentence take whoever or whomever?
"Swinging from above he decided to land a kick on whoever it is."
If the rule is followed, shouldn't it be (it is him) whomever?
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Anonymous Does this sentence take whoever or whomever? It is 'whoever' for two reasons. 1.
- Anonymous Does this sentence take whoever or whomever?
- It is 'whoever' for two reasons.
- 1.
- An old rule says that subject complements take the subject case: It is he.
- / It is she.
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AnonymousDoes this sentence take whoever or whomever?
It is 'whoever' for two reasons.
1. An old rule says that subject complements take the subject case:
It is he. / It is she. / ... it is whoever ...
2. Even if you don't follow the old rule, when the pronoun 'whom' ('whomever') is moved to the left of the verb, it becomes 'who' ('whome
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