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Re: [ba-poker] RGPM: Moderator Selection - Call for Volunteers



At 05:26 PM on Friday, 3/19/2004 -0600, Andrew Prock wrote:
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Michael Wiesenberg wrote:

> At 05:25 PM on Friday, 3/19/2004 -0500, David McVay wrote:
> >http://www.schoelles.com/Water/watermain.htm
>
> You know what to expect of something called "Southern California Water: Who
> Does It Belong To?" when it doesn't even understand how objects work
> grammatically.  (Should be "whom.")

Minor nit:

I think grammar has evolved past that rule.

- Andrew

Not yet.


http://www.dianahacker.com/writersref/subpages_language/who-whom.html

Many reasons exist for maintaining fine distinctions, although Gresham's Law does threaten to intrude here. Maybe the distinction will fade in another 10 or 15 years.





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