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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Who and whom
Which is the correct usage. 'Who is fooling who?' or 'Who is fooling whom?'
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Who's fooling who? -- casual conversational English Who is fooling whom? -- formal, careful English
- Who's fooling who?
- -- casual conversational English Who is fooling whom?
- -- formal, careful English
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Who's fooling who? -- casual conversational English
Who is fooling whom? -- formal, careful English
Who is fooling whom? -- formal, careful English
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Technically, the second pronoun should be whom, but it certainly doesn't give the effect of the more common who. I would liken this to a sort of poetic license.
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