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Who or whom?
Can anyone give me the correct versions of these below? Thanks:
"A woman named Christine, who we are informed is a leading psychotherapist".
"A woman named Christine, whom we are informed is a leading psychotherapist".
And
"they must be purged from our media and replaced by intelligent, unbiased men and women of integrity whose commitment is to truth and tracking down real terrorists..."
"they must be purged from our media and replaced with intelligent, unbiased men and women of integrity whose commitment is to truth and tracking down real terrorists..."
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"A woman named Christine, who we are informed is a leading psychotherapist".
"A woman named Christine, whom we are informed is a leading psychotherapist".
And
"they must be purged from our media and replaced by intelligent, unbiased men and women of integrity whose commitment is to truth and tracking down real terrorists..."
"they must be purged from our media and replaced with intelligent, unbiased men and women of integrity whose commitment is to truth and tracking down real terrorists..."
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Alexander Baron wrote on 08 Jan 2004: [nq:1]Can anyone give me the correct versions of these below? [/nq] This is the correct version: "who . .
- Alexander Baron wrote on 08 Jan 2004: [nq:1]Can anyone give me the correct versions of these below?
- [/nq] This is the correct version: "who .
- .
- is a leading .
- " "who" is the subject of "is".
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Alexander Baron wrote on 08 Jan 2004:
[nq:1]Can anyone give me the correct versions of these below? Thanks: "A woman named Christine, who we are informed is a leading psychotherapist".[/nq]
This is the correct version: "who . . . is a leading . . ." "who" is the subject of "is".
[nq:1]"A woman named Christine, whom we are informed is a leading psychotherapist". And "they must be purge
[nq:1]Can anyone give me the correct versions of these below? Thanks: "A woman named Christine, who we are informed is a leading psychotherapist".[/nq]
This is the correct version: "who . . . is a leading . . ." "who" is the subject of "is".
[nq:1]"A woman named Christine, whom we are informed is a leading psychotherapist". And "they must be purge
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[nq:1]Can anyone give me the correct versions of these below? Thanks: "A woman named Christine, who we are informed is a leading psychotherapist". "A woman named Christine, whom we are informed is a leading psychotherapist".[/nq]
Who. As he said.
[nq:1]And "they must be purged from our media and replaced by intelligent, unbiased men and women of integrity whose commitment ... and replaced
Who. As he said.
[nq:1]And "they must be purged from our media and replaced by intelligent, unbiased men and women of integrity whose commitment ... and replaced
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[nq:2]Can anyone give me the correct versions of these below? ... named Christine, whom we are informed is a leading psychotherapist".[/nq]
[nq:1]Who. As he said.[/nq]
Surely we can't tell unless we know whether Christine is the subject or object of the sentence from which the fragment is taken (although most people would use 'who' in either case, of course). What about:
We are go
[nq:1]Who. As he said.[/nq]
Surely we can't tell unless we know whether Christine is the subject or object of the sentence from which the fragment is taken (although most people would use 'who' in either case, of course). What about:
We are go
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[nq:2]Who. As he said.[/nq]
[nq:1]Surely we can't tell unless we know whether Christine is the subject or object of the sentence from which the ... course). What about: We are going to meet a woman named Christine, whom we are informed is a leading psychotherapist.[/nq]
No, sorry. It doesn't matter whether Christine is the subject or object in the sentence. What makes sentences like these
[nq:1]Surely we can't tell unless we know whether Christine is the subject or object of the sentence from which the ... course). What about: We are going to meet a woman named Christine, whom we are informed is a leading psychotherapist.[/nq]
No, sorry. It doesn't matter whether Christine is the subject or object in the sentence. What makes sentences like these
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[nq:2]Who. As he said.[/nq]
[nq:1]Surely we can't tell unless we know whether Christine is the subject or object of the sentence from which the ... course). What about: We are going to meet a woman named Christine, whom we are informed is a leading psychotherapist.[/nq]
Wrong, dead wrong. As others have said, "who" is the subject of "is". Maybe the correct punctuation will make it clearer:
[nq:1]Surely we can't tell unless we know whether Christine is the subject or object of the sentence from which the ... course). What about: We are going to meet a woman named Christine, whom we are informed is a leading psychotherapist.[/nq]
Wrong, dead wrong. As others have said, "who" is the subject of "is". Maybe the correct punctuation will make it clearer:
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[nq:2]Surely we can't tell unless we know whether Christine is ... named Christine, whom we are informed is a leading psychotherapist.[/nq]
[nq:1]Wrong, dead wrong. As others have said, "who" is the subject of "is".Maybe the correct punctuation will make it clearer: ... of "We are going to meet a woman named Christine, of whom we are informedthat she is a leading psychotherapist."[/nq]
No,
[nq:1]Wrong, dead wrong. As others have said, "who" is the subject of "is".Maybe the correct punctuation will make it clearer: ... of "We are going to meet a woman named Christine, of whom we are informedthat she is a leading psychotherapist."[/nq]
No,
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[nq:2]Wrong, dead wrong. As others have said, "who" is the ... whom we are informed that she is a leading psychotherapist."[/nq]
[nq:1]No, I was considering 'who' to be in agreement with the case of the word it refers to, in this case 'Christine'.[/nq]
Wrongest. The relative pronouns do not have to agree with the case of the word it refers to. Only agreement in gender and number (in those
[nq:1]No, I was considering 'who' to be in agreement with the case of the word it refers to, in this case 'Christine'.[/nq]
Wrongest. The relative pronouns do not have to agree with the case of the word it refers to. Only agreement in gender and number (in those
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[nq:2]Not really: although this is a more complicated sentence (and ... of 'whom he may devour', and therefore agrees with it.[/nq]
[nq:1]No, it refers to the Devil, as Donna has explained..[/nq]
Hmm. I had to re-read her explanation as I didn't pick that up the first time. That is interesting, and not at all the impression one gets on listening to the slice of biblical claptrap!
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[nq:1]No, it refers to the Devil, as Donna has explained..[/nq]
Hmm. I had to re-read her explanation as I didn't pick that up the first time. That is interesting, and not at all the impression one gets on listening to the slice of biblical claptrap!
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[nq:2]Danny Kodicek escribe : Wrong, dead wrong. As others have said, "who" is the subject of "is".[/nq]
[nq:1]No, I was considering 'who' to be in agreement with the case of the word it refers to, in this case 'Christine'. I'd argue that 'whom' is potentially correct even if we remove the 'we are informed' altogether, although it certainly sounds more awkward![/nq]
Ah, there's the source
[nq:1]No, I was considering 'who' to be in agreement with the case of the word it refers to, in this case 'Christine'. I'd argue that 'whom' is potentially correct even if we remove the 'we are informed' altogether, although it certainly sounds more awkward![/nq]
Ah, there's the source
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(Email Removed) (John Lawler) wrote on 08 Jan 2004:
[nq:1]It's because there are these incorrect ad hoc assumptions floating around that I recommend that nobody ever use 'whom'. Ever. It's dead. Bury it.[/nq]
That may be true, but there are plenty of us who-necrophiliacs about. It won't die for us until we lose our senses, I'm afraid. Otherwise, I agree with everything you said here.
[nq:1]It's because there are these incorrect ad hoc assumptions floating around that I recommend that nobody ever use 'whom'. Ever. It's dead. Bury it.[/nq]
That may be true, but there are plenty of us who-necrophiliacs about. It won't die for us until we lose our senses, I'm afraid. Otherwise, I agree with everything you said here.
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