Re: I wonder in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19408012 en Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:27:18 EDT Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:27:18 EDT Re: I wonder http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19529560 jdong :
said by avd706 See Profile :

Brilliant!!!
Oops just adjusted the tongue-in-cheek detector and reread the original post. Never mind.....

*brushes off his Sgt Oblivious nametag*
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Ubuntu MOTU Developer and Forums Council]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19529560 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:41:00 EDT Re: I wonder http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19529416 avd706 : Brilliant!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19529416 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:09:57 EDT Re: I wonder http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19529305 jdong :
said by avd706 See Profile :

said by Datatechs See Profile :

Y'all dun screwed up da whole thang.
Whom did?
Err... that's who did.
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Ubuntu MOTU Developer and Forums Council]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19529305 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:44:47 EDT Re: I wonder http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19529253 avd706 :
said by Datatechs See Profile :

Y'all dun screwed up da whole thang.
Whom did?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19529253 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:34:02 EDT Re: I wonder http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19409951 Datatechs :
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."
Y'all dun screwed up da whole thang.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19409951 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:00:40 EDT Re: I wonder http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19408012 Transmaster : 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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Eat pork chops for Allah!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19408012 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:22:51 EDT Re: I wonder http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18976433 jdong : Umm, actually no. In this case, you need the pronoun to agree with the subject-verb constructs "are business clients" and "whom are home users"

So, the correct word is indeed who, because you need the word to be the subject to are.
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UbuntuForums Administrator: try Ubuntu Linux]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18976433 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:20:27 EDT Re: I wonder http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18975875 anon : 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."]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18975875 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:09:43 EDT Re: I wonder http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18973537 jester121 : Who.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18973537 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:59:39 EDT I wonder http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18973309 S_engineer : 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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Burn a tire, but make sure you buy that carbon offset!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18973309 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:22:45 EDT