We have been on the topic of prepositions lately, and I have been asked to explain just what the preposition to is doing in a sentence like this: Who did what to whom? There’s quite a lot going on in that little five-word sentence, and a brief examination of it will remind us of some …
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What, Whom—What?
Conjure up this scene in your mind for a moment: You’re attending a public meeting of some sort, and after a long and tedious presentation, someone says, I just don’t understand what, or whom, will be helped by this new policy? I read a sentence like that the other day, and because it was written …
To Whoever or To Whomever?
It’s spring, it’s time to clean out the garage, and you come upon a clutter of rakes and shovels you no longer use. You say to a friend, Give these tools to whomever needs them. That’s right, right? Setting aside the first problem of why, cleaning the garage, you’d try to be so careful about …