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Quincy
 
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Reply Tue 14 Aug, 2007 02:29 pm
I still don't know when to use 'whom'and when to use 'who'. Someone please explain it to me or I'll make a thread about it. That's a threat.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Tue 14 Aug, 2007 02:43 pm
Mame wrote:
Don't you guys say things like, "Who're you going with?"?


Of course I do, Mame. But I don't write it that way. Usage doesn't equal correct. And spoken usage is a lot less formal than written usage.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Tue 14 Aug, 2007 03:09 pm
Mame--

Who's going with you?
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Mame
 
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Reply Tue 14 Aug, 2007 04:54 pm
Roberta wrote:
Mame wrote:
Don't you guys say things like, "Who're you going with?"?


Of course I do, Mame. But I don't write it that way. Usage doesn't equal correct. And spoken usage is a lot less formal than written usage.


Well, that's what I said.
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Mame
 
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Reply Tue 14 Aug, 2007 04:56 pm
Noddy24 wrote:
I'm with Roberta.

Personally, I'd much rather be considered formal and stuffy than grammatically incorrect.


That was what I was referring to, Roberta... being "formal and stuff (rather) than grammatically incorrect".
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Roberta
 
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Reply Tue 14 Aug, 2007 05:10 pm
Yoong Liat wrote:

Nowadays it's correct to use 'who' in the above sentence.




Mame, You and I have been in perfect agreement. I was objecting to Yoong Liat saying that it's correct.
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Mame
 
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Reply Tue 14 Aug, 2007 05:14 pm
Gotcha.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Wed 15 Aug, 2007 04:43 am
Quincy, Here's a thread about who vs. whom. Hope it helps.


http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=68870&highlight=objective+pronoun&sid=157f94580452d4ae16ef7d90c1e38e6b
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Yoong Liat
 
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Reply Wed 15 Aug, 2007 10:50 am
Mame wrote:
Don't you guys say things like, "Who're you going with?"?


Read the latest grammar books, and you'll see that the above sentence is correct. On the other hand, if you refer to one written many, many years ago, the 'whom' version is correct.
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Mame
 
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Reply Wed 15 Aug, 2007 12:31 pm
No, it's not grammatically correct, but it's become socially acceptable.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Wed 15 Aug, 2007 01:27 pm
Evidently Chinese grammar books and American grammar books disagree.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Wed 15 Aug, 2007 02:01 pm
Yoong Liat wrote:

Read the latest grammar books, and you'll see that the above sentence is correct.


I've looked in the most recent edition of two grammar books. The sentence is NOT correct.
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