Grammar issue

[eliotmoore]

Now that I got everyone to take out their grammar books let me ask one more question. When do you use whom instead of who? Some how I never understood that lesson in school.

 

 

Language usage does change and this is one example. Whom has largely fallen out of use.

[glomph]

Whom has largely fallen out of use.

 

Of course. One shouldn't treat people as objects.

 

As for adjectives and adverbs:

 

The car looks good. The car runs well. People can look good, and people can look well, but I don't think a car can look well.

 

Because of the neuropathy, my feet feel bad. Because of the neuropathy, my feet feel badly. Both could be correct if you let your blood sugar stay out of control.

 

"Good" may be used as an adverb only in contexts that have at least one other intentional grammatical error, as in, "You done good."

 

There is a stupid article somewhere on the web in which the writer complains about Rowling using too many adverbs in the Harry Potter books, and uses one even in a title! (Gasp! Horror!) The adverb in question is "deathly." In the comments people keep pointing out that "deathly" is an adjective, and idiots keep trying to show how it is an adverb in that context.

[Conner]

Of course. One shouldn't treat people as objects.

 

As for adjectives and adverbs:

 

The car looks good. The car runs well. People can look good, and people can look well, but I don't think a car can look well.

 

Because of the neuropathy, my feet feel bad. Because of the neuropathy, my feet feel badly. Both could be correct if you let your blood sugar stay out of control.

 

"Good" may be used as an adverb only in contexts that have at least one other intentional grammatical error, as in, "You done good."

 

There is a stupid article somewhere on the web in which the writer complains about Rowling using too many adverbs in the Harry Potter books, and uses one even in a title! (Gasp! Horror!) The adverb in question is "deathly." In the comments people keep pointing out that "deathly" is an adjective, and idiots keep trying to show how it is an adverb in that context.

 

That whole post was a riot, my man!

 

Sorry to hear about your feet.

 

Conner