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Old 01-04-2008, 07:32 AM   #1
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whom is correct
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Old 01-04-2008, 03:32 PM   #2
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I find funny that even native English speakers have a hard time making up sentence, makes me feel better about the difficulties that I have when using it though
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Old 01-04-2008, 04:41 PM   #3
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I find funny that even native English speakers have a hard time making up sentence, makes me feel better about the difficulties that I have when using it though
Your telling me, there are to many rules for things in the english language. I hated every year i took of it throug out my years in school.
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Old 01-04-2008, 05:29 PM   #4
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Your telling me, there are to many rules for things in the english language. I hated every year i took of it throug out my years in school.
IMHO English is pretty straight forward when it comes to rules (all the other languages I speak were more difficult), but it can be a pain due to all the exceptions.
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Old 01-04-2008, 06:26 PM   #5
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Whom all the way!
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Old 03-31-2008, 09:19 AM   #6
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I guess I'm out of practice because I can't decide which is correct, and I'm tending not to agree with MS Word. Which would you choose?

For safety/security reasons the building is to be staffed by two persons at all times, one of whom must remain in the drop-in centre.

For safety/security reasons the building is to be staffed by two persons at all times, one of who must remain in the drop-in centre.

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Old 03-31-2008, 09:21 AM   #7
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I'd say "Whom"

Bear in mind it's 02:21AM here, and I'm about to go off for the night so it's likely my brain isn't functioning fully... Mind you, it doesn't usually anyway!
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Old 03-31-2008, 09:26 AM   #8
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I changed it to 'whom' and MS Word is having a fit. I kinda think I'm right, though. I keep thinking that prepositions go before 'whom."

"Of whom do you speak?"

I think.
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Old 03-31-2008, 09:27 AM   #9
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I agree with the "whom"[thumbup]
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Old 03-31-2008, 09:34 AM   #10
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I changed it to 'whom' and MS Word is having a fit. I kinda think I'm right, though. I keep thinking that prepositions go before 'whom."

"Of whom do you speak?"

I think.
Yes, I believe that is correct.
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Old 03-31-2008, 10:48 AM   #11
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"Who" doesn't make any sort of sense at all. It's not even a remote possibility. Maybe "which," but then that would be ambiguous.

Stick with whom. Clearly the objective form is correct here and Word is crap.
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Old 03-31-2008, 10:54 AM   #12
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Stick with whom. Clearly the objective form is correct here and Word is crap.
heheh... [rofl]

wait till you try openoffice... [help]
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Old 03-31-2008, 11:20 AM   #13
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Tally another point for "whom."

Think of it as if you were putting a more easily recognized pronoun in that space, "they" for instance. It could read "one of they must remain in the drop-in centre" or "one of them must remain in the drop-in centre."

In this case the objective form "them" - much like "whom" - is correct. [thumbup]
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Old 03-31-2008, 11:53 AM   #14
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Ignore MS word, they're wrong a lot of times. It's definitely whom.
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Old 03-31-2008, 07:52 PM   #15
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Inept aside does anyone else think "one of which"?

That rang like a bell as "my answer" as soon as I read the sentance.
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Old 03-31-2008, 08:08 PM   #16
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Inept aside does anyone else think "one of which"?

That rang like a bell as "my answer" as soon as I read the sentance.
...one of which does ring bells but is correct if you refer to objects: there are two objects, one of which must remain in place. Where as whom refers to people.
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Old 03-31-2008, 11:42 PM   #17
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I agree with the collective, it's whom

'One of who' is already implying more than one singular (who) and is incorrect in phrasing.
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Old 04-01-2008, 05:43 AM   #18
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As FM's official spelling/grammar Nazi I concur that it should be "whom". [yes]
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