tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004649849101357455.post6951323746069053079..comments2023-04-07T02:47:51.081-10:00Comments on Edit Hawai‘i: The Death of WhomPathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04525687436544097069noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004649849101357455.post-8846474615668213882007-02-06T03:09:00.000-10:002007-02-06T03:09:00.000-10:00Ack, let me revise my last sentence: If they ask, ...Ack, let me revise my last sentence: If they ask, "Why are you saying that?" we can reply, "That's what the Grammar Guerillas say." Four instances of <i>say</i> does not a good sentence make.<br /><br />And let me comment on Chi's comment: it's never too late to start doing something correctly; you go, Chi!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525687436544097069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004649849101357455.post-32668045508625246382007-02-05T21:26:00.000-10:002007-02-05T21:26:00.000-10:00I have always admired people who use "whom" in the...I have always admired people who use "whom" in the correct sentence. I wish I had learned Nurnberg's method earlier in my life but I'm making up for it by applying it to random sentences and sharing the information with my friends. :)seosi000https://www.blogger.com/profile/04249047382087367225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004649849101357455.post-521086935052834342007-02-05T19:08:00.000-10:002007-02-05T19:08:00.000-10:00I think I will ask the grammar king, my friend Mic...I think I will ask the grammar king, my friend Michael LaGory, to respond to this.<br /><br />While we're waiting, here are a few thoughts of my own. We are almost as obsessed with the death of things—like God, grammar, and monogamy—as we are with our own mortality. People have probably been talking about <i>whom</i>'s demise for decades, if not centuries; yet it is still there in the phrases "to whom it may concern" and "for whom the bell tolls." It's like a piece of music that everyone knows but sings only on special occasions—"Auld Lang Syne," for example. <br /><br />Let's be revolutionary and use <i>whom</i> whenever we can; at the least, we'll get people's attention. If they say, "Why are you saying that?" we can say, "That's what the Grammar Guerillas say."Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525687436544097069noreply@blogger.com