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hiromichi
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 Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 5:55 am Post subject: who vs whom |
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I encountered with a sentence below.
They vote for who they want to run the country.
I think the above sentence should be corrected into the following.
They vote for whom they want to run the country.
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lotus
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 7:42 am Post subject: |
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They vote for whoever they want to run the country.
Whomever is the object of the preposition for.
--lotus
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hiromichi
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lotus:
Thank you very much.
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 12:29 am Post subject: |
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| I think "whomever" would be the correct one, as it is the object. "They vote for whomever they want to run the country." Lotus explained the reason, but typed "whoever". I think it was a mistake. |
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hiromichi
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 12:56 am Post subject: |
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Lorikeet:
Thank you for your comment.
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lotus
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 9:04 am Post subject: |
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Lorikeet:
Thanks for the correction.
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