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minus-squareanon6789@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThat makes me think of US vs UK English: Color/colour Favorite/favourite Aluminum/aluminium
minus-squareVash63@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year ago“Whom” is proper in both American and UK English…
minus-squareanon6789@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYes indeed, but I don’t know if I’d need both hands to count the number if Americans I’ve heard use “whom” in a sentence outside of English class, let alone used it correctly. I don’t even feel I see it written often here.
minus-squareacetanilide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAmerican here: no idea how or when to use whom. Keep reading about it, but, uh, can never remember which is which.
minus-squareanon6789@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI only had one teacher that taught it well, so I’m glad I liked her as a teacher and paid attention. Who/whom and I/me I find work well when trying to make substitutions. Check out these guides to see what I mean.
minus-squareanon6789@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOf course! It’s never too late to learn how to do something!
minus-squarezaph@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoWhom is never correct. Edit: y’all need to watch the office
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoSounds more like YOU’RE never correct.
minus-squarezaph@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XmgCljZFWU
minus-squareduplexsystem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOh I see. Upvoted your original comment.
That makes me think of US vs UK English:
Color/colour
Favorite/favourite
Aluminum/aluminium
“Whom” is proper in both American and UK English…
Yes indeed, but I don’t know if I’d need both hands to count the number if Americans I’ve heard use “whom” in a sentence outside of English class, let alone used it correctly. I don’t even feel I see it written often here.
American here: no idea how or when to use whom. Keep reading about it, but, uh, can never remember which is which.
I only had one teacher that taught it well, so I’m glad I liked her as a teacher and paid attention.
Who/whom and I/me I find work well when trying to make substitutions.
Check out these guides to see what I mean.
Thank you!!
Of course! It’s never too late to learn how to do something!
Whom is never correct.
Edit: y’all need to watch the office
Sounds more like YOU’RE never correct.
Ryan used me as an object.
Whom told you that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XmgCljZFWU
No?
No.
Oh I see. Upvoted your original comment.