The whom by numbers
Two in one day! That means we can write a trend story, doesn't it?
The 48-year-old -- whom she said was 12 days into what already was a troubled marriage -- killed his mother-in-law and then holed up in his Macomb County home for several hours before he came out firing at police.
It was the home of a retiree named Tom, a typically quiet man whom she says traveled the neighborhood by scooter due to a World War II injury.
Seriously? If you're going to guess, just guess "who." You have just as good a chance of being right (if not better), and if you're wrong, you can claim to be on the forward edge of language change.
The 48-year-old -- whom she said was 12 days into what already was a troubled marriage -- killed his mother-in-law and then holed up in his Macomb County home for several hours before he came out firing at police.
It was the home of a retiree named Tom, a typically quiet man whom she says traveled the neighborhood by scooter due to a World War II injury.
Seriously? If you're going to guess, just guess "who." You have just as good a chance of being right (if not better), and if you're wrong, you can claim to be on the forward edge of language change.
posted by fev at 12:40 PM
1 Comments:
Yep. Essentially, if it's not after a preposition, you can get away with 'who' and if you say 'whom' incorrectly it really does sound a lot worse.
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