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Reply Tue 9 Nov, 2004 11:51 am
Although my English she is poor, I have to write an article about a terrible fire. The editor however is very fearsome. Could a kind person assist with which is the correct headline?

A: Police search for whoever caused the fire.
B: Police search for whomever caused the fire.

Thank you. Very Happy
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mac11
 
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Reply Tue 9 Nov, 2004 11:57 am
B is correct.
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Tue 9 Nov, 2004 12:45 pm
You should try the Enquirer version:

Space Alien Arsonists on the Loose!
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 05:50 am
fired. I shudda run with, "Space Alien Arsonists on the Loose!" Anyone got a light?
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Adrian
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 06:07 am
Tut tut, Sir Again.

Your grammar is off. Razz
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mac11
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 08:46 am
Damn, that was a tricky one!
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panzade
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 08:48 am
Not really, without a comma B is incorrect.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 12:04 pm
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 01:18 pm
BTW, your English sucks....
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 03:25 pm
Perhaps your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others. Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, but you just gargled. Now please breathe the other way, you are bleaching my hair.

Reference to any persons living or otherwise is purely intestinal.
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panzade
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 03:38 pm
Phffftt!- That stuff goes right over cj's blockhead.
If you wanna rile him...

tell him Ted Nugent is an effete intellectual snob.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 04:14 pm
Although I have heard the rumours, I could not possibly comment. :wink:

United Sportsmen of America. Decades of Destruction, rock and rule.
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 06:45 pm
Geesh, I was joking (about your English). That much should have been obvious to even the most humorless. Of course, Pan is a black hole, so that explains that.

You got a beef with me Try? What?
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panzade
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 06:51 pm
Don't get your panties bunched, I forgot the wink emo...
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 06:54 pm
Sorry Pan, you attack my profile and I went for your avatar. Wink
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panzade
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 07:18 pm
I don't know nothin 'bout your profile so I can't attack it. We've spent many an hour discussing the "Gonz". I was kiddin around.
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bermbits
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 07:55 pm
Sorry to butt in, but I believe A is correct. I had a problem like this recently, and it turns out that the object of the preposition "for" is the entire clause following of which "who" is the subject with the verb "caused."

Confused? So was I.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Thu 11 Nov, 2004 07:12 am
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Thu 11 Nov, 2004 10:48 am
So, I have a new stalker. What a gift.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Fri 12 Nov, 2004 07:00 am
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