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Old 10-20-2007, 08:03 AM   #30 (permalink)
Tophat665
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My advice is to lay hands on a copy of The Deluxe Transitive Vampire by Karen Elizabeth Gordon. The subtitle says it all: "The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed". Who and Whom, for instance:
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That trilingual solitary to whom you gave the cupcakes needs a pedicure.
He adored the debutante who was staring into space.
That contestant whom you've declared the winner is busy with her snake bite kit.
Entertaining and vaguely menacing examples abound.
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