murky days on the WHO/WHOM front

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Ther are many traps for WHOMers (one of the most important
>sociolinguistic subgroups in US society) out there; this one
>obviosuly fell prey to the rule "use 'whom' after a preposition."
>Didn't this guy's mom tell him to look left AND right before
>attaching an -m?

dInIs



>from a letter today (3/27/02) to the New York Times, from
>Marc F. Bernstein, Chief Academic Officer, Kaplan K12
>Learning Services, New York, about funding for New York City
>schools:
>
>  Regardless of whom should be blamed, it's the students who
>  will suffer.
>
>i wonder if he'd have committed himself to something like
>  Regardless of whom is blamed,...
>
>arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)

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Dennis R. Preston
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