Wrong Number In Book ???

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Hmm, that's not the way I learned it. "Whomever" should be the subject of a clause, while "whoever" is the subject of the verb.

Is that why the book wasn't called "Horton Hears A Whom"?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Is that why the book wasn't called "Horton Hears A Whom"?

Yep, my mom used to read that book to me all the time. My fondest memories were when she would read it to me outside while camping; I could hear the owls off in the distance, "...whom...whom..."