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Freewriter Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Who or whom
MSWord is telling me that I should say "accept me for whom I am" and not "accept me for who I am"... i'm not buying that but I wanted to check it out.
Please advise.
Thank you....
Please advise.
Thank you....
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Hi freewriter, and welcome to English Forums. Word's grammar checker is pretty basic. It "sees" the "for" and assumes that what comes next should be the object of the preposition.
- Hi freewriter, and welcome to English Forums.
- Word's grammar checker is pretty basic.
- It "sees" the "for" and assumes that what comes next should be the object of the preposition.
- It's not smart enough to figure out that "Who I am" is it's own clause and needs "who" in the subject case.
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Hi freewriter, and welcome to English Forums.
Word's grammar checker is pretty basic. It "sees" the "for" and assumes that what comes next should be the object of the preposition. It's not smart enough to figure out that "Who I am" is it's own clause and needs "who" in the subject case.
It's "who."
Word's grammar checker is pretty basic. It "sees" the "for" and assumes that what comes next should be the object of the preposition. It's not smart enough to figure out that "Who I am" is it's own clause and needs "who" in the subject case.
It's "who."
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