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MattW03 to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months ago

Saruman The Grammarly Correct

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Saruman The Grammarly Correct

MattW03 to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months ago
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  • Mr.robato@lemmy.world
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    Saruman: So, I’ll ask again, whom do you serve? Uruk: Sarumam

  • judgyweevil@feddit.it
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    Just born and already behaving like a smartass

  • YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth
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    *Grammatically ☝️🤓

  • froufox@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    okay, but what should i use if i serve her?.. 👉👈

    • edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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      Whoman

      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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        1000002688

    • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
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      Whom’st’v’dya serve?

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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    I love this college humor bit https://youtu.be/N4vf8N6GpdM

    • the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world
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      They should show that video in grammar school

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    But also, if the rule just doesn’t stick in your head, then:

    just always use “who”

    People are much more forgiving of using “who” for “whom” than the other way around.

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      It’s an indication that the distinction is quickly dying. If native speakers struggle with it, soon enough there may only be ‘who’.

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        Grammar is the attempt to enforce random arbitrary rules on a continuously evolving language.

        • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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          Grammar can either be descriptive or prescriptive.

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    “He is none of your business.”

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    The English language is not rules based though, if it sounds wrong it’s wrong. Whom is no longer a real word.

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      That depends on whom you ask.

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        i ask he or she the question.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      it’s still a real word, because “to who it may concern” sounds wrong while “to whom it may concern” is funny when written on the side of a bomb

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