By Direct objects, Whom

Hello, Lupa You can have a look at this thread where I posted about the use of "who" and "whom": Who, whom, etc. You'll have to skip the first posts. The structures of your questions a), b) and c) are explained in that thread. Basically, a) and b) are the two options you have when "whom" does...

I had decided to quit posting to this thread because my responses were, in certain aspects, different from other people's. But I've found myself coming back to read these posts again and again because some explanations are just plain wrong. I hate to be problematic; but I'm a teacher, and I...

Both are correct. There is no difference in meaning between the two, but there is a slight difference in what is being emphasized. "Send your letters to me." The emphasis is on what ought to be sent. In this sentence, "your letters" is the object of the verb "send", and "to me" is a...

LESSON 7 WORD FOR TODAY: hit the sack Meaning: to sleep Sentence: I want to hit the sack early. (this idiomatic expression is commonly used.) LEARNING MOREABOUT INDIRECT OBJECTS Read these sentences carefully. Noticed that the highlighted direct objects are followed by (to + noun) or for +...

WORD FOR TODAY: take up Meaning: discuss Sentence: We take up stories in our English. LEARNING THE TRANSITIVE VERBS AND THE DIRECT OBJECTS A. Study the sentences below. Notice that the italicized verbs are followed either by nouns (nos. 1-3), by to + verb (nos. 4-5) or by –ing verbs (no. 6)....

I wouldn't know how to give a detailed explanation or description of all three types of clause in one post, so let's go step by step. Let's start with adjectival (or relative) clauses, since these are the easiest to identify. They can function only as postmodifiers of a nominal head. This...

"whom" is the object form of "who". As Henry said, it is rather formal. So you have: "Who visited you last Sunday?" (the answer will be the subject of the sentence) "My niece (did)." but "Whom did you visit last Sunday?" (the answer will be the direct object) "(I visited) my niece."

-Whom did you give it to? I gave it to their son. We use whom because whom is a direct object. -Who should I say is calling?. We use who when it is the subject of the sentence and whom when it is an object.

The first thing to note is the spelling: the correct spelling is a-c-c-u-s-a-t-i-v-e. Another thing to note is that the term often employed to identify the "case" of words like "him", "her" and "whom" is Objective, rather than Accusative (which is misleading in a simplified grammar like...

Who is nominative, or subject. "Who kicked the cat?" Who is subject. Whom can be pretty much any other case, or object. "Whom did you kick?" Whom is direct object. But whom isn't really used anymore nowadays. "Who did you kick?" is well accepted.