Friday, October 19, 2007

Today's Grammar Lesson, Courtesy of Our Friends in Scranton, PA

Ryan: ...so that you can communicate it to the people here, to your clients, to whomever

Michael: It's whoever, not whomever. Whomever is never actually right

Jim: Well, sometimes it's right

Creed: Michael is right, it's a made up word used to trick students

Andy: No, actually, whomever is the formal version of whoever

Oscar: Well, obviously it's a real word, but I don't know when to use it correctly

Michael: Not a native speaker

Kevin: I know what's right, but I'm not gonna say, because you're all jerks who didn't come see my band last night

Ryan: Do you really know which one's correct?

Kevin: I don't know

Pam: It's whom when it's the object of the sentence, and who when it is the subject

Phyllis: That sounds right

Michael: It sounds right, but is it right?

Stanley: How did Ryan use it, as an object?

Ryan: As an object

Kelly: Ryan used me as an object

Stanley: Is he right about that?

Pam: How did he use it again?

Toby: It was Ryan wanted Michael, the subject, to explain the computer system, the object -

Michael: Thank you!

Toby: ...to whomever, meaning us, the indirect object. Which is the correct usage of the word.
Michael: No one asked you anything, ever, so whomever's name is Toby. Why don't you take a letter opener and stick it in your skull?

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