murky days on the WHO/WHOM front

[Peter A. McGraw]

I've noticed the same thing, and wondered the same thing.

PMc

--On Thursday, March 28, 2002 6:58 PM -0500 Beverly Flanigan
<flanigan at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU> wrote:

>  I've heard "whomever" even more in subject position,
> whether following a prep. or not (and the /m/ may serve as liaison for
> some people here too).  Is the reanalysis in part morphophonemic, perhaps?



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                               Peter A. McGraw
                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
                            pmcgraw at linfield.edu