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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
grammar, use of who and whom
Hi there,
I am having a discussion with a friend that we can't settle. It concerns a study we're presenting:
The excerpt part in question is a title and then a new paragraph that is meant to answer the question:
“For Whom
For everyone who is interested in learning arts, and (...)”
My friend is arguing that for the title one needs to use "whom" like you see above, and in the first sentence of the new paragraph one needs to be use "who".
He is also saying this rule derives from one being the subject and the other being the object of a sentence structure.
In my view however, in both clauses the “who’s” are grammatically the objects in the sentence structure and the position of the “who’s” is just different, because of the subtitle being a question, (which is not written out) and the second sentence being the answer.
And therefore in both clauses one needs to use “whom”.
Since our guessing / language feeling isn’t helping us settle on the issue, I was hoping someone here has more than just a feeling and can produce some grammar facts to decide on the correct grammar.
I am having a discussion with a friend that we can't settle. It concerns a study we're presenting:
The excerpt part in question is a title and then a new paragraph that is meant to answer the question:
“For Whom
For everyone who is interested in learning arts, and (...)”
My friend is arguing that for the title one needs to use "whom" like you see above, and in the first sentence of the new paragraph one needs to be use "who".
He is also saying this rule derives from one being the subject and the other being the object of a sentence structure.
In my view however, in both clauses the “who’s” are grammatically the objects in the sentence structure and the position of the “who’s” is just different, because of the subtitle being a question, (which is not written out) and the second sentence being the answer.
And therefore in both clauses one needs to use “whom”.
Since our guessing / language feeling isn’t helping us settle on the issue, I was hoping someone here has more than just a feeling and can produce some grammar facts to decide on the correct grammar.
Top answer
Anonymous For everyone who is interested in learning arts, That one is okay. Can you write out the two versions of title and the two versions of the first sentence in full please?
- Anonymous For everyone who is interested in learning arts, That one is okay.
- Can you write out the two versions of title and the two versions of the first sentence in full please?
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AnonymousFor everyone who is interested in learning arts,That one is okay.
Can you write out the two versions of title and the two versions of the first sentence in full please?
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"For everyone who is interested in ..." is correct. "who" is (notionally) the subject of "is interested".
"For Whom" is correct in itself since "Whom" is the object of the preposition "For", but "For Whom" alone does not work as a title. Was there supposed to be more?
(Cross-posted.)
"For Whom" is correct in itself since "Whom" is the object of the preposition "For", but "For Whom" alone does not work as a title. Was there supposed to be more?
(Cross-posted.)
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Who is subject case and in recent history of English also used in object case.
Whom is object case. It is slowly being replaced by who.
For whom are you buying this ring? (Object of preposition. It is the same in modern English, but this is a rather formal construct.)
Whom are you buying this ring for? (Historical)
Who are you buying this ring for? (
Whom is object case. It is slowly being replaced by who.
For whom are you buying this ring? (Object of preposition. It is the same in modern English, but this is a rather formal construct.)
Whom are you buying this ring for? (Historical)
Who are you buying this ring for? (
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