Thursday, September 8, 2011

i shoot myself i shoot myself .com

i shoot myself .com::Nobody who is not a butler has ever said it out loud without feeling just a little bit weird.
More than half a century ago, a professor named arthur h.
With those who say whom when they ought to say who.
No one will argue that who and whom are the most troublesome pronouns in english.
Anyone who has ever grappled with who and whom might use stronger language than that.
Who knows how to use these suckers?
Use who or whoever when the pronoun is the subject of a verb.
I wonder who thought up that bright idea.
Use who or whoever when the pronoun is the predicate nominative.
The winner was who?
No one knew who the loser was.
Use whom or whomever when the pronoun is the direct object of a verb or the object of a preposition.
Whom did he marry this time?
With whom were you dancing at his wedding?
The proof is in the pudding, or something like that.
Take your best shot with these questions.
Circle who or whom in each sentence.

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