"Whom should provide the certificate?" is not "corrected", it's *wrong*.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Jesse 1 Robinson <jesse1.robin...@sce.com> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 6:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Who do you trust? trivia This construction does not bother me nearly as much as the hyper-corrected inverse: Whom should provide the certificate? Ugh. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 2:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Who do you trust? trivia CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL The allusion was intentional. Someone wrote me offline to criticize the use of who rather than whom. I responded that I doubted Bo Diddley would have had a hit with "Whom Do You Love"? In his case, I believe there may also have been an allusion to "hoo-doo." Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris Hoelscher Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 1:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Who do you trust? trivia Trivia: Who do you trust was an American game show primarily from 1957 -> 1962, hosted by Johnny Carson and his announced Ed McMahon - it was on the basis of his exposure in this endeavor that he was hired to replace Jack Paar on The tonight Show ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN