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OK, it's not "who you work for" it's "WHOM you work for". Pet peeve of mine, people saying "who" when they mean "whom" - if the "who" is the object of the actio
by Allocator2008 18y ago
OK, it's not "who you work for" it's "WHOM you work for". Pet peeve of mine, people saying "who" when they mean "whom" - if the "who" is the object of the action "work for" then it is "whom", like "To whom are you speaking?" NOT "Who are you speaking to?" Irks me no end.
- Allocator2008 18y agoHey to whomever down voted this comment: down voting it doesn't make "who" right when it should be "whom". Down vote this all you want, it does not change the Queen's english darling.
- foulmouthboy 18y agoTrue, but it does keep the irrelevant conversation out of the way of discussion of the actual news item.
- netcan 18y agoI'm not sure it's hers anymore.
- dmoney 18y agoYou should learn American. Dynamic typing makes it much easier to use.
- shiranaihito 18y agoWhoever? :)
- tomsaffell 18y agoI believe it's neither. Both end the sentence in a preposition, 'for'. If you want to be accurate (which I guess you do, since you posted) then it is "for whom you work".
- Allocator2008 18y agoTouche! :-)
- oligophagy 18y agoIt's "touché," jerk.
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- baha_man 18y agohttp://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/plainenglish/writingmyths/ http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/plainenglish/writingm... "Here are seven non-rules imposed on writers that can be safely discarded... (3) You must not end a sentence with a preposition."
- lacker 18y agoI wish that had said: "Prepositions are okay to end sentences with."
- cabalamat 18y agoThat is advice up with which I will not put.