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Do you still catch yourself saying/typing "whom"?

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Contributor: dv8 dv8
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Originally posted by Ms. Spice
good grief, it's called speaking proper English. Use "whom" whenever "who" is the object of the sentence. Bad grammar is my biggest pet peeve and I correct those who can't speak their own language properly.
"whom" also fits in prepositional phrases. I don't understand why people don't know the rules for who/whom. They're analogous to he/him and she/her.
12/30/2011
Contributor: EdenJP EdenJP
Quote:
Originally posted by Antipova
So sometimes my own pedanticness shocks me. I know good and well that "whom" is pretty much extinct, but habits die hard and (thanks to the fact that we can't edit comments on reviews) I realize I look like a total old-fashioned nerd. ... more
never use it
12/30/2011
Contributor: misterazor misterazor
Quote:
Originally posted by Antipova
So sometimes my own pedanticness shocks me. I know good and well that "whom" is pretty much extinct, but habits die hard and (thanks to the fact that we can't edit comments on reviews) I realize I look like a total old-fashioned nerd. ... more
it comes out when it wants to, and i don't give it much thought.
03/17/2013
Contributor: Martiniman Martiniman
I use whom often. Extinct?
03/17/2013
Contributor: Allstars316 Allstars316
nope not at all
03/17/2013
Contributor: Living Doll Living Doll
I say and type it. I wouldn't consider it "extinct" at all.
03/17/2013
Contributor: Hummingbird Hummingbird
I was never very good when I took english in school, it was so boring I often fell asleep. I write today and though I try to be careful I'm sure the 'whom' slips in there from time to time. I try to avoid it because it sounds like the 'royal' we.

Thanks for letting me know it was an outdated term, I'll try to stop using it unless I'm writing for that period of time.
03/17/2013
Contributor: melissa1973 melissa1973
Oh good gravey no, that should be used around a table with people sipping tea, while they gossip, with their pinkie fingers up.
03/18/2013
Contributor: Geogeo Geogeo
Quote:
Originally posted by Antipova
So sometimes my own pedanticness shocks me. I know good and well that "whom" is pretty much extinct, but habits die hard and (thanks to the fact that we can't edit comments on reviews) I realize I look like a total old-fashioned nerd. ... more
If that's the proper word to use, then I use it.
03/18/2013
Contributor: Beautiful-Disaster Beautiful-Disaster
I rarely say whom.
03/18/2013
Contributor: TheirPet TheirPet
I use it in formal writing.
03/18/2013