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Who has pretty much replaced whom is American dialect speech but technically, whomever is correct here.
Who is for use with the subject of a phrase. Whom is for the object of a phrase. In the example 'I' is the subject and it is the
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I'm a native English (American) speaker, and I have heard that English is easy to learn at a basic level. However, becoming fluent or speaking like a native speaker is difficult because, frankly, the language makes little sense even to those
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Designed badly, then, in my view. Most of the questions ... variety of bun) rhyme with 'gone' or 'stone' or 'boon'?" Not entirely fair, I think - e.g. the "alley" question includes ginnel and snicket. But no
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3. The questions are designed to be relevant to speakers of English worldwide, not just in the United States. Designed badly, then, in my view. Most of the questions seem to relate to purely American linguistic oddities. I do ... Hello,
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alan jones
2 yr 37 days ago
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MrPedantic wrote: i a. It is clear whom they had in mind . b. It’s clear who they had in mind .
ii a. Kim and I saw the accident . b. ! Kim and me saw the accident .
In , both versions belong to Standard English (what is standard English?)
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MrPedantic wrote:
Or "Kim and me saw the accident", if you prefer:
http://www.cambridge.org/assets/linguistics/cgel/chap1.pdf
i a. It is clear whom they had in mind . b. It’s clear who they had in mind .
ii a. Kim and I saw the
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Or "Kim and me saw the accident", if you prefer:
http://www.cambridge.org/assets/linguistics/cgel/chap1.pdf
i a. It is clear whom they had in mind . b. It’s clear who they had in mind .
ii a. Kim and I saw the accident . b. ! Kim and
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Hello Milky,
Milky wrote:
That kind of covers up the correct-incorrect English, good language-poor language view that normally accompanies prescriptivist texts.
I quoted this passage earlier:
i a. It is clear whom they had
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