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 Post subject: important grammtical question
PostPosted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:45 am 
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i know, myself being an educator i should know this, but i want assurance from you guys/gals because you're all smarter than me.

is it:

whoever smelt, dealt it

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whomever smelt it, dealt it

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I believe it is the first choice, but then again I ain't no grammar wiz according to some people on here.

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As I understand it: whoever

whoever is the subject, which means they are smelling and dealing.

whomever is the object, which means they are being smelt or dealt.
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Sketch Wrote:
As I understand it: whoever

whoever is the subject, which means they are smelling and dealing.

whomever is the object, which means they are being smelt or dealt.


Correct. It would only be whomever if that person were being smelt.
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And btw, it's "grammatical". ;)
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Promethium Wrote:
I believe it is the first choice, but then again I ain't no grammar wiz according to some people on here.


If you were to learn to write in English, then you would not feel so aggrieved.
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I just don't see the need to conduct a personal crusade against one person's bad grammar. I never really noticed Billzebub's critique of Charli until recently, and basically feel that sloppy grammar and spelling is fairly excusable on a message board.
Maybe I should take more time to edit my posts before hitting submit, but I think the content of the post is all that really applies.

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Aural Fixation Wrote:
And btw, it's "grammatical". ;)


yes, but graham tickle sounds cuter.

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Promethium Wrote:
I just don't see the need to conduct a personal crusade against one person's bad grammar. I never really noticed Billzebub's critique of Charli until recently, and basically feel that sloppy grammar and spelling is fairly excusable on a message board.
Maybe I should take more time to edit my posts before hitting submit, but I think the content of the post is all that really applies.


I don't think it's a critique so much as a manifestation of Billz's animus toward Charli. Why the animus, though? I don't know.

As it is, if Billz were truly that concerned about proper grammar on this message-board, he would do more than single-out Charli.
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Promethium Wrote:
I just don't see the need to conduct a personal crusade against one person's bad grammar. I never really noticed Billzebub's critique of Charli until recently, and basically feel that sloppy grammar and spelling is fairly excusable on a message board.
Maybe I should take more time to edit my posts before hitting submit, but I think the content of the post is all that really applies.


It's not so much carelessness or sloppiness...not even the quick sustituition of "there/their/they're" "your/you're". The individual in question, moreso than anyone else here, seems incapable of constructing a proper sentence. This is then compounded by the most vulgar, base, profane, etc. responses/reactions. I'm not purposely singling out anyone, it just happens that there is generally one transgressor. I've called out Loogar on occasion, as well as others. When I come accross other egregious cases, I'll call them out as well.
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Aural Fixation Wrote:
And btw, it's "grammatical". ;)


yes, but graham tickle sounds cuter.


No, no: Gramm-Tical. In an alternate 1996, Phil Gramm received the Republican nomination to the Presidency, and chose Method Man as his running-mate.
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knoblauch, p.i. Wrote:
bort Wrote:
Aural Fixation Wrote:
And btw, it's "grammatical". ;)


yes, but graham tickle sounds cuter.


No, no: Gramm-Tical. In an alternate 1996, Phil Gramm received the Republican nomination to the Presidency, and chose Method Man as his running-mate.


...and they ran on a platform of "Peace In Your Middle Crease."

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