I’m reading Ben Yagoda’s When You Catch An Adjective, Kill
It and want to pass on something I lernt from the book.
Yes, lernt.
When should I use who
as opposed to whom you ask.
If you shift around the words in the sentence and can use him or her, then whom is used,
and if he or she is called for, then use who.
She was so nice she cleaned up the cat vomit.
So…
Who cleaned up the cat vomit?
Or…
It all came down to her.
And…
Whom did it come down to?
More fun than a squirrel in yer shorts.
Will I remember this little nugget? Prolly not but there is
always hope.
Better yet, will you remember this little nugget?
I guess we’re asking whom will remember this little nugget.
JK😁
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