02-13-2012, 11:57 AM
|
#16
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,328
|
I can never remember the rule! I think it's 'whom' when it the object of a preposition (to whom, from whom, etc.) and 'who' otherwise. Most people in the States don't care enough and use whatever word however they like lol.
|
|
|
02-13-2012, 11:59 AM
|
#17
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,328
|
btw that last square sums it up nicely Diva with a good little mnemonic. methinks I will never forget it now!
|
|
|
02-13-2012, 11:59 AM
|
#18
|
I Live Here
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 9,613
|
I know- and suffice to say- it irks me
“'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what." Fry
|
|
|
02-13-2012, 12:55 PM
|
#19
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Scotland
Posts: 813
|
Quote:
psychodiva wrote
welcome and ...
|
Now I is confused.
He is that directed to ? and to him would it matter ?
Theirs the question.
Professor Plum - In the Dinning Room - with the Lead Pipe...
|
|
|
02-13-2012, 01:03 PM
|
#20
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Planet Earth
Posts: 1,727
|
Quote:
Sol wrote
Now I is confused.
He is that directed to ? and to him would it matter ?
Theirs the question.
|
Actually I think you got it.
In a roundabout manner......
I thought you said you didn't care what any of us thought? So, you do care? I do wish you would make up your mind already. - NKB
|
|
|
02-13-2012, 01:20 PM
|
#21
|
I Live Here
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 9,613
|
“'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what." Fry
|
|
|
02-13-2012, 01:20 PM
|
#22
|
I Live Here
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 9,613
|
I'm not even gonna mention 'Honney'
“'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what." Fry
|
|
|
02-13-2012, 01:30 PM
|
#23
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Planet Earth
Posts: 1,727
|
Quote:
psychodiva wrote
I'm not even gonna mention 'Honney'
|
Better that you don't.
Or people who use apostrophes when they write plurals. Or vice versa.
Like (sign seen in bookstore):
Kids Book's On Clearance
Argh!
I thought you said you didn't care what any of us thought? So, you do care? I do wish you would make up your mind already. - NKB
|
|
|
02-13-2012, 01:30 PM
|
#24
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Scotland
Posts: 813
|
Is there a MAGICAL around about manner ?
Professor Plum - In the Dinning Room - with the Lead Pipe...
|
|
|
02-14-2012, 09:55 AM
|
#25
|
I Live Here
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 9,613
|
Depends if you have a round tuit or not i think
“'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what." Fry
|
|
|
02-14-2012, 01:16 PM
|
#26
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,422
|
Quote:
West491 wrote
I can never remember the rule! I think it's 'whom' when it the object of a preposition (to whom, from whom, etc.) and 'who' otherwise. Most people in the States don't care enough and use whatever word however they like lol.
|
I had a teacher who said, "Never say 'to who' unless you are an owl."
|
|
|
02-14-2012, 01:21 PM
|
#27
|
Thank God I’m an atheist
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Little Britain
Posts: 1,076
|
Quote:
Broga wrote
I had a teacher who said, "Never say 'to who' you are not an owl."
|
That is a good one. My mom has a rhyme for everything, I think her school must have only employed failed poets as teachers. All I can remember my teacher saying is "get out of my classroom you little fucker" which has absolutely no educational benefit to it at all.
"Belief means not wanting to know what is true"
Friedrich Nietzsche
|
|
|
02-14-2012, 01:57 PM
|
#28
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Planet Earth
Posts: 1,727
|
Quote:
Eternal wrote
That is a good one. My mom has a rhyme for everything, I think her school must have only employed failed poets as teachers. All I can remember my teacher saying is "get out of my classroom you little fucker" which has absolutely no educational benefit to it at all.
|
At least you learned where the principal's office was. That's something.
I thought you said you didn't care what any of us thought? So, you do care? I do wish you would make up your mind already. - NKB
|
|
|
02-15-2012, 07:33 AM
|
#29
|
I Live Here
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 9,613
|
Quote:
Eternal wrote
That is a good one. My mom has a rhyme for everything, I think her school must have only employed failed poets as teachers. All I can remember my teacher saying is "get out of my classroom you little fucker" which has absolutely no educational benefit to it at all.
|
it doesn't even rhyme!!
“'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what." Fry
|
|
|
02-15-2012, 08:42 AM
|
#30
|
Thank God I’m an atheist
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Little Britain
Posts: 1,076
|
I know, shocking isn't it.
"Belief means not wanting to know what is true"
Friedrich Nietzsche
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 11:23 AM.
|