“Even the great Lutyens, than whom no architect more beguiles, was crushed by the expectations of commercial clients such as the Midland Bank.” What a great se

“Even the great Lutyens, than whom no architect more beguiles, was crushed by the expectations of commercial clients such as the Midland Bank.” What a great sentence! I hope and expect that “whom” will be deprecated within my lifetime, but it will be a shame to miss out on sentences like this one. It is very satisfying to see the passive voice used so irreproachably too.