The English Inquisitor » Grammar http://englishfour.edublogs.org Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:43:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Grammar Girl: Who vs. Whom? http://englishfour.edublogs.org/2008/10/24/grammar-girl-who-vs-whom/ http://englishfour.edublogs.org/2008/10/24/grammar-girl-who-vs-whom/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:56:47 +0000 mrsemery http://englishfour.edublogs.org/?p=141 Grammar Girl offers some great suggestions on how to tell when to use “who” and when to use “whom”.

Listen to the five minutes podcast HERE!

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Grammar Girl has some great tips about prepostions and where to put them.

“Just as Harry Potter was unfairly labeled “undesirable number one” in the latest J.K. Rowling book, ending a sentence with a preposition is often unfairly labeled “undesirable grammar construction number one” by people who were taught that prepositions have a proper place in the world, and it’s not at the end of a sentence.

I’m going to start calling this “grammar myth number one” because nearly all grammarians agree that it’s fine to end sentences with prepositions, at least in some cases (1, 2, 3, 4).

So before I lose you, let’s back up. What is a preposition? . . .”

To read more or listen to the podcast, click HERE.

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