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Old 12-18-2012, 06:14 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Much the same's been happening in English for years. There are very few of us left who either know or care about the difference between "who" (subject) and "whom" (object), to give but one example.
Yes, for the English language, "whom" came to mind when I read this, but that's about the only one. The way Sweetpea wrote it, it sounded like they abolished all cases apart from nominative. That's drastic, unless they were already not used any more.

And, how sad would it be if whom were to be abolished! True, many native English speakers don't use it any more, or don't use it correcly, but to declared it dead!?
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