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One of the CCC conferences had the motto “Who do you trust?” They had a FAQ entry acknowledging that’s should technically be “whom”, but of 100+ complaints the
by shaki-dora 9y ago
One of the CCC conferences had the motto “Who do you trust?”
They had a FAQ entry acknowledging that’s should technically be “whom”, but of 100+ complaints they got, all but one had come from Germans.
- raverbashing 9y agoYes, because in German: Wer: Who Wen/Wem: Whom But the 1st is the direct object, the 2nd is the indirect object, so "Whom do you trust" would be the 1st case, "to whom" would (in the literal sense) be the 2nd, and "For whom the bell tolls" is "Wem die Stunde schlägt"
- willvarfar 9y agoCCC is in Germany.
- acheron 9y agoI'm not a stickler for "whom" and would probably get a lot of use cases technically incorrect, but "who do you trust" is one that definitely sounds wrong to me.
- cup-of-tea 9y agoIn many languages, including German and French, using the appropriate prounoun is obligatory. I only know how to use "whom" myself because I learnt French. About half the time I see English speakers try to use the word, it's wrong and should be "who", and using "whom" wrongly looks even worse than just sticking to "who" (which as argued, doesn't really look bad at all).