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Subject:Re: Who or Whom? From:"Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 11 Feb 1998 13:53:00 -0800
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From: Vanessa Weibler
Call me crazy-- but shouldn't it be "it was HE at the store"? Which
would
make it "it was who at the store" (if I even could find a context for
that
phrase)?
Any other thoughts out there?
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Dear Crazy,
It was indeed he. The correct form of the pronoun would be clearer by
expanding the sentence to include that which is understood. It was he
[who was] at the store.
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services, Application Delivery Group
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2, Box 2999
Tacoma, WA 98477-2999 USA
253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)
