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Chicago, IL | I wonder If Comcast will have the brains enough to cross reference whom are business clients and whom are home users in order not to cut off vital VPNs?
Is it who or whom?
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Lake Zurich, IL | Re: I wonder Who. | |
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School Marm
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| The rule is, use "whom" when it's the object of the verb that can't be replaced by "he" or "she.
So, "To whom did you give the gift." Because "whom" is the object of the verb "to give" and you would also say, "I gave the gift to him or her."
Now in your case, "Comcast will have the brains to cross-reference who are business clients." Because you could also say, "cross-reference [if] he/she is [a] business client" or, "cross-reference if they are business clients."
Bottom line is, when the question is who/whom, try replacing the who part with he, she, they. If the sentence works with that replacement, use "who." | |
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Cheyenne, WY | Re: I wonder This is all true but it really depends who's style book you use. I have several here, New York Times, AP, etc.
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Datatechs
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| said by School Marm :
The rule is, use "whom" when it's the object of the verb that can't be replaced by "he" or "she.
So, "To whom did you give the gift." Because "whom" is the object of the verb "to give" and you would also say, "I gave the gift to him or her."
Now in your case, "Comcast will have the brains to cross-reference who are business clients." Because you could also say, "cross-reference [if] he/she is [a] business client" or, "cross-reference if they are business clients."
Bottom line is, when the question is who/whom, try replacing the who part with he, she, they. If the sentence works with that replacement, use "who."
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Union, NJ | Re: I wonder said by Datatechs  :Y'all dun screwed up da whole thang. Whom did? | |
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| Re: I wonder said by avd706 :said by Datatechs :Y'all dun screwed up da whole thang. Whom did? Err... that's who did.
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Union, NJ | Re: I wonder Brilliant!!! | |
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