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Old 12-29-2006, 09:08 PM   #1
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Red face Grammar: The police arrest whom they think is the strangler. (or is it who?)
Going mad. I believe it's whom, but it just doesn't sound correct. Can someone help me?
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Old 12-29-2006, 09:14 PM   #2
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Nevermind. The light came on. Now I know why it didn't sound right. I've changed it to read: The police arrest someone whom they think is the strangler.
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'whom' is not considered as formal as it used to be. 'Who' is fine, the syntax is not.
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The police arrest someone whom they think is the strangler.
drop the 'whom' and you've got a much better, more reader-friendly sentence!
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