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Eddie88 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Who am I?

Who am I

The who is in the right case because it is a subject complement: I am who. Or would you use 'whom'?

I saw it written 'whom am I,' (no preposition preceding).

Is it very uncommon to use whom in America? I suppose the word is on its way out..

I have noticed the language is coming far more simple; I suppose this reform makes sense, just a thought.

Cheers.
  

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Since "AM" doesn't take an object (INtransitive Verb) "WHO" is correct. Written declaratively, the sentence is I AM WHO, though unless you're the progenitor of the the band WHO you'd never use the construction. And, Eddie, WHOM is still used, and used often, not only in the states but throughout the Enlgish-speaking word, as the objective form of the subjective WHO.

— Dormouse

  • Since "AM" doesn't take an object (INtransitive Verb) "WHO" is correct.
  • Written declaratively, the sentence is I AM WHO, though unless you're the progenitor of the the band WHO you'd never use the construction.
  • And, Eddie, WHOM is still used, and used often, not only in the states but throughout the Enlgish-speaking word, as the objective form of the subjective WHO.
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Since "AM" doesn't take an object (INtransitive Verb) "WHO" is correct. Written declaratively, the sentence is I AM WHO, though unless you're the progenitor of the the band WHO you'd never use the construction. And, Eddie, WHOM is still used, and used often, not only in the states but throughout the Enlgish-speaking word, as the objective form of the subjective WHO. "Give the letter to whomev
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Eddie88I saw it written 'whom am I,' (no preposition preceding).

Whoever wrote that was trying to sound "smart" and ended up instead showing ignorant.

Use "whom" right after a preposition. Can you describe the person to whom you delivered the package? (Even though we're more likely to say "the person you gave the package to.")

And I'
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Haha, that is one long thread thanks to the people about who think they know what they are talking.

Is this sentence above correct? (I know the prep can end the sentence as well)

Generally, I just get it right by analysing the sentence and determining what is the pronoun's role in the sentence is.

However, CJ's examples were rather confusing. Can you tel
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Where you can say "he" it would be "whoever" and where you can say "him" it would be "whomever."
Eddie88Introduce whoever you think is the tallest to whoever you think is the shortest.
Introduce whomever you invited first to whomever you invited last. I invited him first, but I invited him last.
Introduce whoever arrived first to whoever arrive
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Hi, thanks for that! However I'd also like to know the role the pronoun is playing in its clause as this is the way I usually figure out the case.

Ed
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You can go backwards now: If it was "he," it was the subject of that clause, and if it was "him," it was the object of that clause.
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