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Re: Whomever vs. whoever

Huevos — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:35:55 GMT

Anonymous
Adobe have launched their new text editor Buzzword. Their Welcome to Buzzword document includes the sentence "The owner can share the document with whomever she wishes." A pity they didn't read this forum.

And what's 'she' doing in this sentence?

That sentence is fine. "She" is the subject of the subordinate clause. The antecedent of "she" is "the owner". Also it's obvious whom is correct because it follows a preposition (always accusative, never nominative).

Re: Who or whom?

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:06:40 GMT

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I always get mixed whenever these who/whom pronouns get anywhere near a linking verb that is preceded by an action verb in a sentence. Â I can never decided whether the pronoun is in the object case of the action verb (in this case the object of assume, so therefore choose 'whom') or in the predicate nominative case of the 'state of being' verb 'to be' (so therefore choose 'who'). Â Drives me mad sometimes!

Re: one of those who and one of whom

Avangi — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:08:53 GMT

"Who threw the stone?" (reply) "It is one of those who are angry." I don't think "one" is the subject of anything here. It's a predicate nominative, or "complement" of the verb "is." "It" is the subject of the sentence, and "who" is the subject of the relative clause, "who are angry." The relative clause modifies "those," which is object of the preposition "of." Those who are angry are a group of angry people, one of whom threw the stone. But you would have to rephrase the sentence in order to make "one" the subject.

"Nobody in this group is angry. It is one of those who is angry." (Note that "who" may be singular or plural.) This time, "one" is still the verb complement. "Who is angry" is still a relative clause. The chief difference between these two interpretations lies in the answer to the question, "In the relative clause, what does "who" refer to?" In the first interpretation it refers to "those." In the second one it refers to "one." But that doesn't entitle "those" and "one" to be called subjects.

Your sentence "It is one of whom are angry" has a couple of things wrong with it.

"One" is now the bona fide subject of the clause, "one of whom is angry." "Whom" is object of the preposition "of," but unfortunately it has nothing to refer to.

A group of people are partying in the next room, one of whom is angry. In this sentence, "whom" refers to "group."

Re one of those who / one of whom, the difference is often only a technicality. She decided to give it to one of those who love her. She decided to give it to one of those whom she loves.

The key lies in the subject and object of the clauses. In "who love her," "who" is the subject, "love" is the verb, and "her" is the object. In "whom she loves," "she" is the subject, "loves" is the verb, and "whom" is the object.

"Who" and "she" are nominative case, "whom" and "her" are objective case.

Best regards, - A.

Re: Appositive, direct object, indirect, predicate nominative, object of prepos

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:52 GMT

"Scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore."

Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore."
People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs.
Weak and sore are objective complements, because they modify the direct object, people.

"Scurvy was the leading cause of death among sailors in the early eighteen century."

Cause is the predicate nominative, because it stands for the subject, scurvy.
Sailors is the object of a preposition, because it follows the preposition among, and acts as the subject of the prepositional phrase.

"In 1753, James Lind, a Scottish naval surgeon, showed that citrus could cure scurvy."

Surgeon is an appositive for James Lind, because it describes him further, but is not essential to the sentence.

"When the British navy gave sailors fresh citrus juice, scurvy disappeared from their ships."

Navy is the subject, because it is the thing which gave.
Sailors is an indirect object, because they are the people to whom the juice was given.
Juice is the direct object, because it is the thing which was given.

"Today, scurvy is rare; it is usually seen only in very old or very young patients whose diets are deficient in vitamin C."

Vitamin C is an object of a preposition because it is the subject of the prepositional phrase, "in vitamin C."

When trying to diagram a sentence I think it becomes easier when you take out the unnecessary words. For example change "scurvy was the leading cause of death among sailors in the early eighteen century," to "scurvy was the cause of death among sailors in century." The latter is less senseful, but makes it easier to diagram the sentence's nouns. Of course that method wouldn't work as well when you're asked to diagram words other than nouns.
I hope this made some sense, and helped!
-Nathan

Re: Appositive, direct object, indirect, predicate nominative, object of prepos

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:09:28 GMT

Re: This is me or this is i

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:44:10 GMT

I am an EFL professor. Recently, when I used "I" in a predicate nominative (something like "It's I"), a fellow English instructor "corrected" me, saying "...me."

I agree with Rommie, who also uses this form as a matter of course. However, I have not really decided what to teach my students, some of whom would probably become hopelessly confused if told that both were acceptable. For the nonce, I just let them use whichever one they choose, without discussing it. I've found that most of them use "me," which is the only option given in our textbooks.

Re: Nominative and objective case

MiRag3 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:52:43 GMT

objective:me, us, you him, her, it, them, whom;

nominative: I, we, you, he, she, it, they, who

nominative case- function of the subject

objective case- function of the object.

Re: Predicate Nominative/ Predicate Adjective !HELP!

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:04:58 GMT

basicly predacate nominative is a noun in the predacate. so first you have to find the subject.

Example- Our teacher is Ms. Nancy.

^ ^

subject pred. nom.

predicate adjective is an adjective in the predicate.

Example- Ms. Nancy is our teacher.

^ ^

subject pred. adj.

so a predicate adjective or nominative is a word that tells whom or what the subject is.

p.s. i'm only 12 so cut me some slack on spelling!!!!!!!!!

Re: Is he perhaps the Angel of Music, who/whom her father had promised would

Grammar Geek — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:52:42 GMT

Her father had promised he would come to her - note that he is in the nominative.

Who did he promise would come?

... who her father has promsised would come.

(Compare: It was the man whom her father said she should look for. He said she should look for him. Whom did he say she should look for?)

This despite the fact that very few people in the U.S. use "whom" much anymore, unless it comes immediately after a preposition.

Re: Is he perhaps the Angel of Music, who/whom her father had promised would

Buddhaheart — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:19:29 GMT

Use the nominative case âwhoâ. He is perhaps the Angel of Music who (not *whom) her father had promised would come to her. Her father had promised (her) he (not *him) who is perhaps the Angel of Music would come to her.