Oh, dear, I get so confused. Even my Grandma can't teach me grammar. In a recent entry I wrote
Later in the morning it will ask for BOB, whoever he is.
Shouldn't that be whomever? I think that pronoun is the object of the clause whoever he is. Whomever would be the objective case. AND wait another minute: that is an independent clause. How come it is hanging onto BOB with a comma. That should be a period, or a least a semi-colon
Fifty-five years ago I was teaching high school English, and would have known. Now I got no grammar at all.
I am not good with english myself Chuck. Helen
ReplyDeleteFunny but you know I personally think the whom is going by the wayside.... actually I don't know anyone who uses it. It always seems like someone is acting better than the rest or showing off when they talk like that. :>)
ReplyDeleteSandra
WHATEVER! :-)
ReplyDeleteDon't ask me I barely passed English, but I sure loved all of my English teachers, they seemed to be the only real people in the teaching world LOL. my worse subject was Math, and that is how I earned my living for the rest of my life, not higher Math, just auditing books, keeping books, and sales clerk. gg/Jackie
ReplyDeleteit sounded ok to me but then i am not the english police either lol
ReplyDeleteDeb
lol....Now Chuck.....this made me laugh!
ReplyDeletelove ya,
carlene
I'm a writer. My grammar sucks and I can't spell either. Most writers can't. Thank God usage changes with time. Maybe someday we'll outgrow that rule.
ReplyDeleteJude
http://journals.aol.com/jmorancoyle/MyWay
Once upon a time I could tell you which is which. Not anymore.
ReplyDeleteI think it happens to most of us.