Grammar Nazi
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Brings to mind a line I read earlier today in Carrion Comfort...It constantly amazes me that we have somehow contrived to raise an entire generation which cannot answer a simple question. You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? --Travis Bickle
If you’re like most English speakers, you know that there’s a difference between who and whom but you aren’t sure what that difference is. We’re here to help.
Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence.
Whom should be used to refer to the object of a sentence.
When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with ‘he’ or ‘she,’ use who. If you can replace it with ‘him’ or ‘her,’ use whom.
Here are two examples:
Who ate my sandwich? (Did he eat my sandwich? Did she eat my sandwich?)
Whom should I talk to about labeling food in the refrigerator? (Should I talk to him? Should I talk to her?)
Words are turds until you eat 'em and spit them out all proper-like.
Preferably in order.
Preferably in order.
Always remember if you have to onomatopoeia, the bathroom is down the hall and to your left.
Houdini in Omaha
^ Same place to go if you have to teeteenabulation.
I learnt my spellin’ at the Sister Mary Immaculate School of Close Enough.
I was a G'Nazi until I understood the rules wellnuf.
If you have a message worth conveying (very rare), and you make decent contact with your target audience, perfect grammar does not matter.
If you write smart just to write smart and have zero substance, people that are better than you notice it instantly and just stop reading.
If you have a message worth conveying (very rare), and you make decent contact with your target audience, perfect grammar does not matter.
If you write smart just to write smart and have zero substance, people that are better than you notice it instantly and just stop reading.
