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Offline ZippyDee

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Re: Hello community!
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2012, 10:38:49 am »
welcome to Omnimaga!
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GRAMMAR LESSON TIME!
Quote from: Xeda112358 on February 07, 2012, 03:40:39 pm
Hello! This is a pretty large community, so I am sure you will find folks with whom to discuss. (that is my second time I have ever intentionally used the word "whom" and I have no clue if I used it properly o.o )
You are using it correctly. "Whom" is an object; "who" is a subject. "Who are talking to?" is technically grammatically incorrect, because the subject is you, not the person you are talking to. Because of that error, the sentence ends with the word "with," which is a preposition. The sentence really should be "With whom are you talking?"
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Re: Hello community!
« Reply #16 on: February 09, 2012, 02:13:01 pm »
Or can it be "To whom are you speaking?"
Anyways, I forgot to give you some !peanuts !
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Re: Hello community!
« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2012, 02:58:22 pm »
your original only sounded strange because discuss typically has a direct object (so, with whom to discuss things). the whom was used properly

anywhoozle, welcome here, you!
oh, and here are a few more types of peanuts, in case you want some variety XD
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