Saruman: So, I'll ask again, whom do you serve? Uruk: Sarumam
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Just born and already behaving like a smartass
*Grammatically ☝️🤓
okay, but what should i use if i serve her?.. 👉👈
Whoman
Whom'st'v'dya serve?
I love this college humor bit https://youtu.be/N4vf8N6GpdM
They should show that video in grammar school
But also, if the rule just doesn’t stick in your head, then:
just always use “who”
People are much more forgiving of using “who” for “whom” than the other way around.
It's an indication that the distinction is quickly dying. If native speakers struggle with it, soon enough there may only be 'who'.
Grammar is the attempt to enforce random arbitrary rules on a continuously evolving language.
Grammar can either be descriptive or prescriptive.
"He is none of your business."
The English language is not rules based though, if it sounds wrong it's wrong. Whom is no longer a real word.
That depends on whom you ask.
i ask he or she the question.
it's still a real word, because "to who it may concern" sounds wrong while "to whom it may concern" is funny when written on the side of a bomb