ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: Examples of nominative 'whom' errorneously used in embedded clauses.

Mr5 — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00:07 GMT

I think "whom" is more and more old-fashioned. Today, "who" can be used instead of "whom".

Re: Examples of nominative 'whom' errorneously used in embedded clauses.

Grammar Geek — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:53:46 GMT

Anon, perhaps you mean pronouns?

Nominative: HE loves her.

Objective: She loves HIM

Possessive: She is the object of HIS affections.

Next time, it would be better if you started a new thread when you have a question, rather than just adding to an old one, okay?

Re: Examples of nominative 'whom' errorneously used in embedded clauses.

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:36:05 GMT

can u give me a exaples of a nominative,objective,possisive nouns?

Re: Examples of nominative 'whom' errorneously used in embedded clauses.

Grammar Geek — Tue, 09 May 2006 02:47:12 GMT

Anonymous wrote:
dose anyone no what the difference between a nominative and an objective????

-natty-

Yes, natty, we do. But you'll have a better chance of getting a response if you start a new thread with your question. And more importantly, it sounds like a homework question. Do you know where to start in answering that question? We can help you with your answer, but not write it for you.

Re: Examples of nominative 'whom' errorneously used in embedded clauses.

MrPedantic — Mon, 08 May 2006 23:37:22 GMT

D. "Whom are you?" he said; for he had been to night school.

MrP

Re: Examples of nominative 'whom' errorneously used in embedded clauses.

Anonymous — Mon, 08 May 2006 22:37:09 GMT

dose anyone no what the difference between a nominative and an objective????

-natty-

Re: Examples of nominative 'whom' errorneously used in embedded clauses.

Clive — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:27:14 GMT

Hi,

Whom wants to find such errors should just check the Internet. Here are three. C is my favourite.

A. The ......... Foundation is a real group whom wants to fund this type of research.

B. whom wants to play badminmton on coming monday?

C. ... the most romantic, feminine, soft, modern and sexy look in Bridal Gowns today. For the Bride whom wants to be different, for the bride whom wants to be exclusive, for the bride whom wants to be herself.

Why are they wrong? Well, because they're so . . . nominative.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Examples of nominative 'whom' errorneously used in embedded clauses.

paco2004 — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:16:49 GMT

Hello Mara

Do you mean a sentence like this?
"He came with a woman whom I thought was his wife".
This "whom" should be "who", because "a woman who was his wife".

paco

Re: Examples of nominative 'whom' errorneously used in embedded clauses.

Riglos — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:44:56 GMT

Right, Jim! That's why I used the term "erroneously" immediately afterwards, but I should have put it this way:

"Examples of erroneous nominative "whom" used in embedded clauses."

Or rather:

"Examples of objective "whom" erroneously used nominatively in embedded clauses."

Thanks for pointing that out!

Regards,

Mara.

Re: Examples of nominative 'whom' errorneously used in embedded clauses.

CalifJim — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:24:55 GMT

This is a trick question, right? There is no such thing as nominative "whom", as far as I know!

Examples of nominative 'whom' errorneously used in embedded clauses.

Riglos — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:19:17 GMT

Hi people!

Could you give me some examples of these and why is it that they are considered to be wrong?

Thanks a lot!

Mara.