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Old Tue May 18, 2010, 03:09pm
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef View Post
I'm with byron on this one. "Whoever" is the subject of the verb "authored".
Whomever brought this subject up should be shot. "Whomever brought this subject up" is the clause, and the clause is the subject of the verb. (Even though the word subject is used within the clause.)

I'm cleaning my shotgun now. Who (or is it whom?!?) wants the first shot?
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