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| | I won't subject readers to another long, rambling post on whom. But I want to note the tendency, strongest among those who are anxious to use whom "correctly", to use it even when who would be generally considered the grammatically appropriate choice: as subject pronoun. Ben Zimmer at Language Log recently criticised a book review...
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| | In the not-too-distant past English used the pronoun "him" to refer to individuals of unspecified gender in phrases such as "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion." This understandably annoys som...
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| | Dafne Keen as Lyra with Pantalaimon, from the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials. Susan McDonald, an experienced subeditor at the Guardian, has written an article that appears to be about grammar and usage but is really about everyones favourite topic: how annoying other people are. McDonald doubtless knows more than a thing
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| The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Ibelieve it is greenest in my own backyard. Hope you feel the same ...