By English grammar, Whom

Do existed in Old English more than a thousand years ago as a regular verb and meant to cause. It is impossible to say who introduced it to English. It's use as an auxiliary in questions and negations was established in Shakespeare's day when it was correct to say bothI know not himandI...

Teo wrote: 1. Who do you think I am? 2. Whom do you think me? I think #1 is correct. According to Treasure of English Grammar (written by Liu Yi), #2 is also acceptable. Do you agree?# 2 is totally foreign to my ear.

1. Who do you think I am? 2. Whom do you think me? I think #1 is correct. According to Treasure of English Grammar (written by Liu Yi), #2 is also acceptable. Do you agree?

Bonjour les abonnés. Hier, nous avons acheté des billets de tombola à un groupe d'écoliers dont le plus âgé avait 8 ans. Ils vendaient cent billets 50 colones costaricains chacun. Le lot est « une surprise dans un carton ». Bien sûr, c'est pour la bonne cause et le lot m'est égal, mais...

I don't think "between you and I" can be blamed entirely on hypercorrection. It's been attested since at least 1596, before English grammar was taught in school. Nowadays it might be partially due to hypercorrection, but I think something else is going on, namely something to do with how...

I am reading Longman English Grammar now, in which it says both the sentences "In 1980 he caught a serious illness from whose effects he still suffers." and "In 1980 he caught a serious illness the effects of which he still suffers from." have the same meaning. Well, may I deduce that I may...

Milky wrote: <I would be interested to see quotations from the early English grammarians that presented spoken English as somehow inferior, or that demonstrated an imposition of inappropriate rules from Latin. > Do you doubt that was the case? "Doubt" is too strong a word. I would be...

ok.. I would just like to clarify something - I do in fact make my students aware that zero is commonly pronounced as the letter 'O'. I teach to German people, most of whom are already aware of this due to years of English courses in school, etc.. In German, the word for 'zero' is 'Null' and...

Hello everyone, I have some trouble with recognizing subject-verb agreement in cases where the verb occurs in the sub-ordinate clause and refers back to a noun/subject in the main clause For instance could you please let me know which of the following sentences is correct. 1)In good years,...

I know of at least seven grammatical errors that I think are both widespread but easily fixable issues in both colloquial and written usage. I'd like to share these errors, and their solutions, with you today. 1) Incorrectly constructed parrallel structure (emphasis on the...