Using 'whom'...yea or nay???

[RetireinPA]

I cannot imagine whom would do this incorrectly. Who cares to answer?

[Happy in Wyoming]

Originally Posted by RetireinPA

I cannot imagine whom would do this incorrectly. Who cares to answer?

I hope that you are being facetious. Whom in "I can't believe whom..." is obviously uneducated speech.

[RetireinPA]

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

I hope that you are being facetious. Whom in "I can't believe whom..." is obviously uneducated speech.

your quote of me was 100% wrong...GIGO applies. whomever farted, needs to check the pants....

[arr430]

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

Whom isn't a mark of pedantry but simply of educated usage.

But sometimes, you don't want to rub people's noses in their education.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by RetireinPA

I cannot imagine whom would do this incorrectly. Who cares to answer?

This made me laugh.

[puginabug]

Wow. I read halfway thru this thread, even left a rep comment to someone, and didn’t realize it was from 2012!!

To Whomever I left that rep, if you even see it at this point, sorry I was not on the ball!

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by puginabug

Wow. I read halfway thru this thread, even left a rep comment to someone, and didn’t realize it was from 2012!!

To Whomever I left that rep, if you even see it at this point, sorry I was not on the ball!

I did, and it's good to review these threads on grammar every once in awhile!

[CA4Now]

After seeing a post on the "Words or phrases you hate" thread about "who vs whom," I had to re-read this thread.