0
Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Whoever or whomever

Which is correct: " She wants to play with whoever's (or whomever's?) children are at the park?"
  

Top answer

Both are wrong. She wants to play with whosever children are at the park. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Both are wrong.
  • She wants to play with whosever children are at the park.
  • CJ
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

7 Answers
0
Both are wrong.

She wants to play with whosever children are at the park.

CJ
0
0
Jim, sorry, my day to ask you dumb questions, I guess.

Doesn't "whosoever" requires some sort of action? Whosoever believeth in me, etc.?

Isn't "whichever" a better choice for that one?
0
0
Bryan Garner (the "American Henry Fowler") writes: WHOSEVER is the traditionally correct form, but it's very much on the wane. WHOEVER'S is now the preferred colloquial form. E.g., Whoever's team loses has to ....
0
0
Grammar GeekDoesn't "whosoever" requires some sort of action?
whosoever is not the same word as whosever.

(And require isn't the same as requireseither!
0
0
Oh oh! I had never seen whosever in writing so I misread. Thanks and sorry.

But with the original sentence, the person is going to play with the person who has children at the park?? Isn't it more likely that they will play with the children - whichever children they may be?
0
0
Grammar GeekIsn't it more likely that they will play with the children - whichever children they may be?
Yes, that makes sense, but it doesn't answer the underlying question of the original poster, which, as I see it, and in different words, is: What is the possessive form of whoever?

I don't try to understand 'em; I just correct 'em!
0
0
Ah! Brilliant. Thank you again.
0

Related Questions