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Title: ATTN: RW!
Post by: Mel Gibson on January 02, 2016, 02:07:16 AM
Is "For Whom the Bell Tolls" correct?  Is this the correct usage of "whom?"
Title: Re: ATTN: RW!
Post by: RW on January 02, 2016, 02:30:08 AM
For those who object that subjects and objects are not their subject, there is an even easier way to get this right: if you can replace the "who" or "whom" with "he/she/they" then it should be "who"; if you can replace it with "him/her/them" then you want "whom". The bell tolls for him/her/them, so it's "whom"; he/she/they don't know the difference, so it's "who".



http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2011/aug/15/mind-your-language-who-whom



Simplified rule:

http://www.dianewordsmith.com/the-write-stuff-blog/for-whom-the-grammar-bell-tolls
Title: Re: ATTN: RW!
Post by: Mel Gibson on January 02, 2016, 02:31:22 AM
You should be a tutor, instead of lazing around!