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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

who/whom

I do not know who to like.

I do nto know whom to like.

Which is correct and why?

Thank you
  

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BW, you can answer this one yourself. What's the difference between "who" and "whom"? ) If you like someone, is that someone an object or a subject?

— BarbaraPA

  • BW, you can answer this one yourself.
  • What's the difference between "who" and "whom"?
  • ) If you like someone, is that someone an object or a subject?
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BW, you can answer this one yourself. What's the difference between "who" and "whom"? (Which one is used as the subject and which as an object?) If you like someone, is that someone an object or a subject?
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Thank you GG,

It is "whom".
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The following quotation is from Essentials of English Grammar by Otto Jespersen:

"... therefore the form who is generalized, so that it is now practically the only form used in colloquial speech. This has been so for at least three centuries, as shown by innumerable quotations from Shakespeare and other Elizabethan dramatists:

Who did you meet there?
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<they remember to write whom... >

I'm afraid I don't follow you... Could you please finish the sentence?
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Grammar GeekBW, you can answer this one yourself. What's the difference between "who" and "whom"? (Which one is used as the subject and which as an object?) If you like someone, is that someone an object or a subject?

Which would you use?
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Hi Pieanne

The complete sentence is in my previous post, in the quote from Professor Jespersen's book, two lines above what I said I would prefer.

Cheers
CB
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Oops, sorry!

Then I agree with you, "when they remember to write 'whom' "... Emotion: smile
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Cool BreezeHi Pieanne

The complete sentence is in my previous post, in the quote from Professor Jespersen's book, two lines above what I said I would prefer.

Cheers
CB
And why would you prefer whom in that context?
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And why would you prefer whom in that context?

Because "whom" is the subject under discussion. What they are saying (and having now read it, I agree) is that it should be "to write" instead of "writing."

Now, BW, having successfully answered the question about what the answer to your who/whom question is in formal English, you should als
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Grammar GeekAnd why would you prefer whom in that context?

Because "whom" is the subject under discussion. What they are saying (and having now read it, I agree) is that it should be "to write" instead of "writing."

Now, BW, having successfully answered the question about what the answer to your who/whom questio
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