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Whom is fine, but so is using "who" in its place. If in doubt, use who. On that note, it reminds me of a company I did some work for recently. They never used
by qu4z-2 13y ago
Whom is fine, but so is using "who" in its place. If in doubt, use who.
On that note, it reminds me of a company I did some work for recently. They never used "me", only "myself": "Yes, he gave it to myself on Tuesday."
I doubt anyone would argue that "myself" is archaic, but people using it incorrectly is definitely jarring.
- bane 13y ago> Whom is fine, but so is using "who" in its place. If in doubt, use who. Probably better advice. There's a bit of research literature on the death of "whom". I can't remember when exactly, but I want to say around the beginning of the 20th century it pretty much died out from the language. It's a nice progression, English doesn't use thee, thine, thy or thou anymore either. re:myself. That's just plain weird.
- sethrin 13y agoPeople do however use "y'all" and "you guys", and others. Just because we don't have the words doesn't mean that they're unnecessary.