“Whom” is Dead: Language Evolution
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Published 2019-11-02
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Sources:
- My wonderful wife Lee (who has a Master’s Degree in Linguistics)
Beowulf Excerpt:
- www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43521/beowulf-old-e…
Definition and Disclaimer for “They” on Dictionary.com:
- www.dictionary.com/browse/they?s=t
It’s Okay to Use “They” to Describe one Person:
- www.dictionary.com/e/they-is-a-singular-pronoun/
All Comments (18)
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1:09 most casual face reveal ever
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i was bored out of my mind having nothing to do until i got that little "ding" saying that your video was uploaded and now i will have a better day. love your videos keep up the great work var whom = "whom"; var who = "who"+whom; draw = function() { println(who); };
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This video may have the best first-10-second hook I have ever seen. That face as soon as the word "who" slips past, hahaha
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WHOMST HAS SUMMONED THE ALMIGHTY ONE
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I'm hoping more people decide to learn when to use whom correctly and it remains. It makes learning a Romance language far easier.
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Great and interesting video.
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Very good video.
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Great stuff as always! ☺️😘
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Wait whom exists
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In your first example sentence, "whomever" isn't even correct according to "proper grammar" authorities! It's still "whoever" even according to the most old school traditional standards because it's the subject there
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I was waiting how not use whom and see some grammar as a toll, but you come here to talk about you wife for more that 1 minute :(
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Brilliant as ever!
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so what happened to "To whom this may concern"
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Excellent video. I would enjoy watching this one with others whom would join me. [screetch] There! You see, you're right, by krackity!
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It exists on the ACT
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Is "Language Evolution" the official term for this? On Wikipedia, there's no article for it; it just redirects to "Evolutionary linguistics", which looks like an approach to the study of language, not a phenomenon in language.
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actually it's whom
