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dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• CandleTiger@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Pronouns! Whom is correct here.

  Who / whom works like He / him —

  “The Trump administration attempted to label him a terrorist.”

  “The Trump administration attempted to label whom a terrorist?”

  “He is the person whom the Trump administration attempted to label a terrorist.”

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• CandleTiger@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  On direct vs indirect object, I’ve heard that before but it doesn’t make sense. None of the other pronouns in English work that way.

  Best supporting authority I could find in 15 seconds of looking was Merriam Webster.

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  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You got me. I was taught incorrectly in high school. I always assumed it was the same thing as different pronouns in those particular cases for, as an example Spanish “se” vs “le”. You’ve made me a better member of the alt write, formerly grammar nazis.

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