Whom should we trust when it comes to a confusing question of English usage? Why, our Contributor Faith Salie, that's who! "Whom" is an endangered species. Just ask Katy Perry and John Mayer ("Who You ...
Today I want to tackle another tricky grammar bugaboo. It’s one of those confusing quandaries I simply avoid using because I don’t want to sound dumb. I’m talking about “who” and “whom.” Every time ...
“Who” gets to have all the fun. “Who” gets to be on first. “Who” is responsible for letting the dogs out. Meanwhile, “whom” is sitting in the corner, being perceived as pretentious by plenty of ...
All is right with the world, as genius (and Googler!) Thomas Steiner has made this beautiful Chrome extension that corrects Twitter’s subject/object discrepancy on its “Who to Follow” feature. Grammar ...
Today, some pungent responses from readers ready to accept ungrammatical usages. “I tend to follow the rules of grammar,” said Maren Swanson, a retired lawyer in Burnsville, “but one I hate and tend ...
At the Atlantic, Megan Garber alerts us to the news that “whom” is falling out of fashion. At the Atlantic, Megan Garber alerts us to the news that “whom” is falling out of fashion. ADVERTISING It has ...
At the Atlantic, Megan Garber alerts us to the news that "whom" is falling out of fashion. It has been a gradual but inevitable process, somewhat like the heat death of the universe. Whom is creeping ...
At the Atlantic, Megan Garber alerts us to the news that "whom" is falling out of fashion. It has been a gradual but inevitable process, somewhat like the heat death of the universe. Whom is creeping ...
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