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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
Ok, I'm confused. Are you backing me up, or proving me wrong? In NV's statement, "...whoever authored it failed to appreciate the difference...", "whoever" is the object of the clause "whoever authored it", and thus should be "whomever", correct? The main verb of the sentence is "failed", while the clause is the subject.
Should we start an Annual Off-Topic English Thread?
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Whoever is the subject, in that "whoever" is the person who did the action (both actions in this case.)
If "whoever" had been failed, as in, "you failed me, Bob," then "whomever" would have been an appropriate replacement for "me."
And no, my head hurts too bad for a Tuesday.