Marylou,
would you consider writing up about 1/2 a page on this and
submitting it to the ATEG web site under their "tips on grammar
teaching" link? http://www.ateg.org/grammar/tips.htm
It would be nice to see the "Tips" page fill up!
Date sent: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 22:11:34 EDT
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From: Marylou Colucci <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: who or whom, incl. a trick for teaching it
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> I am an English teacher of 7th and 8th graders and I also teach who/whom
> substituting he/him. Most kids catch on to that trick quickly. They
> probably don't use it in their everyday speech, but at least they think
> about it in their writing.
>
> Who/whom will you take to the party?
> You will take him to the party. (Whom then would be correct)
>
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