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Deceptichum@quokk.au to Lord Of The Rings Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months ago

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Deceptichum@quokk.au to Lord Of The Rings Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months ago
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  • Vengefu1Tuna@piefed.social
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    That’s actually helpful, thank you!

  • Cort@lemmy.world
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    I serve he ^who ^must ^not ^be ^named

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  • Zorque@lemmy.world
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    “He is the one I serve”

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      Then the question would be ‘who is the one you serve?’

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        “I serve him”

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          Now read the meme again and realise the language rules are actually consistent

          • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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            “He he he”

          • Zorque@lemmy.world
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            “He is the one I serve”

            • HeuristicAlgorithm9@feddit.uk
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              Btw for clarity because the meme does a pretty bad job of explaining the rule. Who is used to refer to the subject of the sentence and whom is for the object of the sentence.

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    That’s fine and all. But I see a lot of randomness in the use of its/it’s, their/there, etc. And this who/whom thing seems like orders of magnitude harder to grasp.

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      In case you did actually want to know the rule. Who is used to refer to the subject of the sentence and whom is for the object of the sentence.

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    Actually the clearest advice I’ve ever received on this. Thanks.

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    Grammar Istari

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    The struggle of English native speakers with the dative case is amusing to observe, when you come from a language background that uses case morphology all over the place.

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    I serve her. Whor do you serve?

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