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Who or whom? The great debate…

When I blogged last year about relative pronouns, I promised to return to the distinction between who and whom another time. Ta-da! That time has arrived! Reading the title above, some of you may ask: what debate? Many folk live their lives quite happily without hardly ever letting a ‘whom’ pass their lips, while others [...]

Posted on: March 4 2013 | Posted by: | Comments: 3 | Categories: Grammar and writing help | Tags: , ,

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