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Reference aside, OVS is a very rare word order in English. Most would expect "Prolog killed whom". Then again, "Prolog killed who" is broadly considered accept
by Twisol 9y ago
Reference aside, OVS is a very rare word order in English. Most would expect "Prolog killed whom".
Then again, "Prolog killed who" is broadly considered acceptable, so whom am I to judge?
- zmonx 9y agoWhom and who are we to judge!
- fusiongyro 9y agoExcept the complement of the verb of being is nominative. "Who am I to judge?" is correct (think, "I am he (who is) to judge"). Also in old-fashioned phone etiquette, "May I speak to X?" "This is she." Of course, OP was extremely opaque and I didn't understand what they meant either. Is the point of language to be understood, or to adhere to invented rules? This has been a fun diversion! Only on a Prolog thread...
- Twisol 9y agoI suspect "Whom am I to judge" is also correct, but only because of a technicality. (It was an intentional play on words, so even moreso now, who am I to judge?) "_Whom_ am I to judge", asking which people ought I be judgemental about, versus "_Who am I_ to judge", meaning I really ought not throw stones in glass houses.
- fusiongyro 9y agoI think you and the OP are very unlikely to be understood using that construction.