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Old Tue May 18, 2010, 03:17pm
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Originally Posted by M&M Guy View Post
Whomever (sic) 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?
Go to your link again, and read carefully.

You can shoot whoever is wrong. ("whoever" is the subject of the clause that serves as the object.)
or
You can shoot whomever you find to be wrong. ("whomever" is the object of the clause that serves as the object.)
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