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SO, AOL has a headline: "Whom to give to, and how much."
Correct usage of whom, with a freakin' dangling preposition. Hating them.
While hating them, I go to look up the usage of who and whom, and find this helpful webpage.
They offer an excellent tool to help those who can't tell a subjective noun from an objective one.
Happily, most people can use him and her just fine so yay!
But then, I read more examples, and I find this MONSTROSITY:
*howls in frustration*
Jones is the man with whom I went fishing last spring!!!!!!! Jeebus help me!!!!!
Crossposting to my writing journal, because I am in Henry Higgins mode right now!
Correct usage of whom, with a freakin' dangling preposition. Hating them.
While hating them, I go to look up the usage of who and whom, and find this helpful webpage.
They offer an excellent tool to help those who can't tell a subjective noun from an objective one.
- As a ready check in such sentences, simply substitute the personal pronoun “he/him” or “she/her” for “who/whom.” If he or she would be the correct form, the proper choice is who.” If “him” or “her” would be correct, use “whom.”
This technique of substituting a personal pronoun for the relative pronoun works nicely whenever you have difficulty deciding whether to use “who” or “whom,” assuming that you have no difficulty using the proper form of personal pronouns.
Happily, most people can use him and her just fine so yay!
But then, I read more examples, and I find this MONSTROSITY:
- Jones is the man whom I went fishing with last spring. (I went fishing with him.)
*howls in frustration*
Jones is the man with whom I went fishing last spring!!!!!!! Jeebus help me!!!!!
Crossposting to my writing journal, because I am in Henry Higgins mode right now!
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