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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Who vs whom (again).
the sentence:
The discoverer of the New World, whom everybody called a foolhardy navigator, was relatively unknown both in the Old World and in the New World.
the problem:
Can someone please explain why the word "whom" is required here as opposed to "who"? I thought I had the object vs subject issue sorted out but according to this sentence I am wrong
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Thanks!
H.
The discoverer of the New World, whom everybody called a foolhardy navigator, was relatively unknown both in the Old World and in the New World.
the problem:
Can someone please explain why the word "whom" is required here as opposed to "who"? I thought I had the object vs subject issue sorted out but according to this sentence I am wrong
.Thanks!
H.
Top answer
whom everybody called a foolhardy navigator = everybody called him a foolhardy navigator .
- whom everybody called a foolhardy navigator = everybody called him a foolhardy navigator .
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whom everybody called a foolhardy navigator = everybody called him a foolhardy navigator
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whom everybody called a foolhardy navigator = everybody called him a foolhardy navigator
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