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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I recently learned (in my mid-40s) that I've been figuring this out the hard way most of my life.

I always diagram the sentence in my head, as in: The subject is fear, the object is Rush, so it's 'whom.'
My wife has a simple grammar rule that if him/her works then it's whom, if she/he fits better then it's who.

I feel like my primary school teachers did me dirty.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

That's it. That's exactly how it works. People act like using whom instead of who is fancy, but it's really no more complicated than knowing the difference between he and him or she and her.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just assume that if what you're referring to is "them", it's "whom".

I cannot learn otherwise, I am too stupid.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, them = whom and they = who.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Thank fuck, I was not joking

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Is it the thing that's doing the verb? Then it's who. Otherwise whom.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Man, I wish universe had a longer run.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I think it’s more technically correct as “of whom are you afraid” as you should not end a sentence with a preposition.

Then again, I’m a software engineer so perhaps not.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bork, you're a Federal Agent. You represent the United States government. Never end a sentence with a preposition!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I had hoped someone would give me this quote…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ending sentences with prepositions is something up with which I will not put!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

"Of her, I am afraid."

Great, now I'm sounds like Yoda.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It's fine to end a sentence with a prepositional or phrasal verb. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/end-sentence-preposition/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

English is my 2nd language and I learned a lot from this comment section. Thanks you guys.