• Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com
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    21 hours ago

    ‘Who’ Vs ‘whom’.

    Answer the question with ‘he’ Vs ‘him’ and match the 'm’s is an easy rule of thumb.

    He went to the park: who went to the park?

    You called him: Whom did you call?

    I understand why it’s falling out of usage, as the strong SVO eliminates the need for accusatives, I wouldn’t be surprised if ‘him’ and ‘her’ go away next. Knowing and using ‘whom’ sure helped me with the ‘-n’ affix when learning Esperanto though, also fuck ‘-n’ signed: English speakers. Replace the word with whom, him or her and if it’s clumsy you don’t need the -n.

    Now, if I could just wrap my head around ‘si’ Vs ‘li’, ‘ŝi’ and ‘ri’. Or, a solid rule of thumb, that would be so nice. I promise I’m not a toddler, I just talk like one.

    🎵Whom ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!!!🎵

    I’m sorry