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Clearing up Confusion
Posted by Editormum on Monday, 26 May 2003 in Usage and Diction | ∞
Who is the man with whom you were laughing? Who is the subjective or nominative case of the word; in plain English, who acts as a subject or predicate nominative…most of the time. I don’t know who you are. Who steals my purse steals trash. Whom is objective case; that is, it must be an […]
That vs. Who
Posted by Editormum on Saturday, 29 March 2003 in Usage and Diction | ∞
The Grammar Guru’s pet peeve: “people that.” This rule is simple: A person is always a who, never a that. Despite its simplicity, this is one of the most often violated rules of grammar. I have seen this error in many well-respected publications. Part of the problem is that authorities are divided, and have been […]