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using who and whom with infinitive

 
 
Reply Sun 28 Apr, 2013 12:42 pm
here are my sample sentences:
it was easy to decide who to choose
it was easy to decide whom to choose

-normally, if it is a subject, i use who, while if it is an object, i use whom. In this case I'm not sure
help please Smile
thanks,
mighty
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Reply Sun 28 Apr, 2013 04:00 pm
@mightypen,
I've been it at it some 80 years and still I'm not sure. I'd say whom but not sure just why

In collo we almost always say who

http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&gs_rn=11&gs_ri=psy-ab&pq=%22of%22%20pronounced%20as%20%2Fɔv%2F%20or%20%2Fəv%2F%20here&cp=0&gs_id=y&xhr=t&q=+easy+to+decide+who+whom+to+choose&es_nrs=true&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&oq=+easy+to+decide+who+whom+to+choose&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=2e25746a28e939f8&biw=1184&bih=753&bs=1
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JTT
 
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Reply Mon 20 May, 2013 10:49 pm
@mightypen,
If those rules that described the case distinctions between who and whom actually still existed, there would be no problem for any number of native speakers to venture forth with an answer.

That there aren't a plethora of such native speakers illustrates clearly that those rules no longer exist in modern day English.
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