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  • I've had it!!!!

    Ok that's it!! I've had it!! I just read someone's thread in the BJJ forum who can't seem to get the word "whom" right and it's driving me crazy. People just throw this word out to try and sound more "intellectual" but you're really sounding like an idiot! I know I know, big fat hairy deal. But it's like nails down a chalkboard. ARGH!!!!!!!

    Here's the deal on using whom:

    1. You would use it when in a prepsitional phrase, that is whenever it comes soon after a preposition.
    ex.
    a. The doctors performed a surgery on the patient, in whom they found a tumor.
    b. Give the ball back to the person to whom it belongs.

    2. Whom is used when recieving the action of the sentence, as the direct object.
    ex.
    a. Whom did you see? (the person being seen receives the action)
    b. I said I was sorry to the person whom I hit. (Hitting the person is the action here)

    3. You do not use whom for a subject of the sentence, or the person about whom the sentence is referring.
    ex.
    a. Whomever wants to go to the movies should let me know by Friday.
    This should read:
    Whoever wants to go to the movies should let me know by Friday.
    b. I slapped the person in the face whom told me to shut up.
    Even though there is an action here, the word "person" recieves the action of the slapping, and whom is a subject of the verb "told." Note how this differs from rule #2 example b.
    It should read:
    I slapped the person in the face who told me to shut up.

    Hope this clears things up.

    -Hikage

  • #2
    the question is, who cares?

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    • #3
      Well I enjoyed this post, and yes, it is annoying when people try to sound clever and get it wrong.

      Whomever does it should stop... hahaha... sorry

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      • #4
        Anal retentiveness....

        When no one and absolutely no one can fold socks the way you can.

        JJ....Hikeage.

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        • #5
          Talk about something else.Perhaps I can and absolutely no one can fold socks the way you can.
          My brain uses AIML to format responses to your inputs, but I don't have one for that.
          That remark was either too complex or too simple for me. We were talking about Hikeage.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Hikage
            Whom are youm referring toom?

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            • #7
              They're famous, right.



              I will try to find out.

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              • #8
                So, why is "Bouncing Betty" roamin' around outside her forum?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by osopardo
                  So, why is "Bouncing Betty" roamin' around outside her forum?
                  Tim let her loose.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by EmptyneSs
                    the question is, who cares?
                    NE1 whom wants 2 evr have a conversation about NEthing more important than wot's on TV 2nite. If your not able to speak, your ignorant. So at least try plez. WTF, OMFG.

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                    • #11

                      My brain contains more than 22,000 patterns, but not one that matches your last input.That is a hypothetical question.I hear you. OK I will try it.
                      That is a very original thought.:-)
                      Try to determine if this is a person or a computer responding.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Sensei Saki
                        My brain contains more than 22,000 patterns, but not one that matches your last input.That is a hypothetical question.I hear you. OK I will try it.
                        That is a very original thought.:-)
                        Try to determine if this is a person or a computer responding.

                        Thank you Saki, for making my point.

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                        • #13
                          You are quite welcome!


                          The Program E chat robot can follow many things, like our discussion about Saki for making my point. But I did not get that.

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                          • #14
                            Hikage, hear hear.

                            (I am an editor.)

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                            • #15
                              thank you saki. Try to determine if this is a person or a computer responding.

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