Message Forum: Re: We should all fight about split infinitives again

Re: We should all fight about split infinitives again

Posted By: Counterpoint, on host 172.146.130.80
Date: Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 12:15:53
In Reply To: Re: We should all fight about split infinitives again posted by Eric Sleator on Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 23:29:27:

> On a related note, does anyone ever say "whom" anymore except in formal little figures of speech? Seriously. I think "whom" will be dead within two hundred years.

I use it. Then again, I just adopted it as a mechanism for not ending sentences with prepositions, which I picked up from English class in sixth grade. I wouldn't be surprised if I cease to use it regularly when I'm done with school.

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Message:	> > On a related note, does anyone ever say "whom" anymore except in formal little figures of speech? Seriously. I think "whom" will be dead within two hundred years. > > I use it. Then again, I just adopted it as a mechanism for not ending sentences with prepositions, which I picked up from English class in sixth grade. I wouldn't be surprised if I cease to use it regularly when I'm done with school. > > Counterpoint
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