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Rotter Posted 20 years ago
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His body, she said, would lie in state at Moscow State University (MGU) to give his admirers an opportunity to pay their last respects before he is buried on Monday.
Swiftian satirist
Zinovyev had an academic career in philosophy at MGU. His satirical writings in the 1970s led to him being forced abroad, and he spent most of his years in exile in Germany.
In one of his works, Go To Golgotha (1982), the writer whom some have compared to Irish satirist Jonathan Swift wrote about what he said was Russians' penchant for suffering:
"We Russians have a rich historical experience of suffering. Suffering has become our accustomed lifestyle and nature. We have a flair for suffering, a talent for it.
1. The writer whom some have compared to Irish satirist Jonathan Swift ...
Is it necessary to write 'whom' in the above? I would write 'who'.
2. We Russians have a rich historical experience of suffering.
I think it should be 'We the Russians have a rich historical experience of suffering.
Becaue we always use the article before any word of nationality. For example, we say the Russians are good at ice hockey, the French are good at wine making, etc.
I would like to hear your comments.
(Edited to bring post within margins-- MM)
Swiftian satirist
Zinovyev had an academic career in philosophy at MGU. His satirical writings in the 1970s led to him being forced abroad, and he spent most of his years in exile in Germany.
In one of his works, Go To Golgotha (1982), the writer whom some have compared to Irish satirist Jonathan Swift wrote about what he said was Russians' penchant for suffering:
"We Russians have a rich historical experience of suffering. Suffering has become our accustomed lifestyle and nature. We have a flair for suffering, a talent for it.
1. The writer whom some have compared to Irish satirist Jonathan Swift ...
Is it necessary to write 'whom' in the above? I would write 'who'.
2. We Russians have a rich historical experience of suffering.
I think it should be 'We the Russians have a rich historical experience of suffering.
Becaue we always use the article before any word of nationality. For example, we say the Russians are good at ice hockey, the French are good at wine making, etc.
I would like to hear your comments.
(Edited to bring post within margins-- MM)
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1. The writer whom some have compared to Irish satirist Jonathan Swift ... Is it necessary to write 'whom' in the above?
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- The writer whom some have compared to Irish satirist Jonathan Swift ...
- Is it necessary to write 'whom' in the above?
- I would write 'who'.
- -- Whom because it is the object of compared...
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1. The writer whom some have compared to Irish satirist Jonathan Swift ...
Is it necessary to write 'whom' in the above? I would write 'who'. -- Whom because it is the object of compared... but actually no relative is needed: 'The writer some have compared to...'
2. We Russians have a rich historical experience of suffering.
I think it should
Is it necessary to write 'whom' in the above? I would write 'who'. -- Whom because it is the object of compared... but actually no relative is needed: 'The writer some have compared to...'
2. We Russians have a rich historical experience of suffering.
I think it should
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