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Hi Tom
That is correct. (Or was it me who told you in the first place? :lol:)
| Quote: | | who we were not introduced before with |
I'd usually use this:
- who we hadn't been introduced to before
The use of "whom" would be very formal.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Oct 16, 2008 22:13 pm The use of "nice meeting you" and "nice seeing you" |
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It's OK if put in this way, right?
nice meeting you again
| Quote: | | The use of "whom" would be very formal. |
Very? Are you sure? |
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Oct 16, 2008 22:16 pm The use of "nice meeting you" and "nice seeing you" |
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Hi Molly
I'm aware that you are quite fond of using "whom".
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Oct 16, 2008 22:17 pm The use of "nice meeting you" and "nice seeing you" |
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| Yankee wrote: | Hi Molly
I'm aware that you are quite fond of using "whom".
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Maybe, but I asked why you thought it is "very formal".
BTW, would you say I use whom more than MrP does? |
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Oct 16, 2008 22:28 pm The use of "nice meeting you" and "nice seeing you" |
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| Molly wrote: | | BTW, would you say I use whom more than MrP does? |
Yes.
Are you trying to tell Tom that the most commonly used wording of his sentence would be with "whom"? (That sort of advice would sound rather prescriptive to me.)
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| #7 (permalink) Thu Oct 16, 2008 22:33 pm The use of "nice meeting you" and "nice seeing you" |
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| Quote: | | Are you trying to tell Tom that the most commonly used wording of his sentence would be with "whom"? |
What has "commonly" got to do with "very formal"? I'm wondering why you said that whom is very formal and did not just say "whom is formal", which is truer. |
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| #8 (permalink) Thu Oct 16, 2008 23:33 pm The use of "nice meeting you" and "nice seeing you" |
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| M wrote: | | BTW, would you say I use whom more than MrP does? |
If we exclude quotations, the Search facility reveals the current "whoms" score as:
(In terms of FIFA rankings, that makes M. Spain, and me American Samoa.)
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| #9 (permalink) Thu Oct 16, 2008 23:42 pm The use of "nice meeting you" and "nice seeing you" |
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| Quote: | | If we exclude quotations, the Search facility reveals the current "whoms" score as: |
Over how many years? Did you check out the used, not quoted, "awry" count? :lol: |
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