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Originally Posted by convolutedsignal
Ok here goes....
whosoever, whomsoever, whomever, whoever...U get the drift don't ya?
Where/What do we use these famous "W"s??
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who
interrogative pronoun,
what or which person or persons -- used as an interrogative <
who was elected?> <find out
who they are> -- used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, as the object of a verb or a following preposition <
who did I see but a Spanish lady -- Padraic Colum> <do not know
who the message is from -- G. K. Chesterton>
Whom
Objective form of Who... pronoun
-- used as an interrogative or relative; used as object of a verb or a preceding preposition <to know for
whom the bell tolls -- John Donne> or less frequently as the object of a following preposition <the man
whom you wrote to> though now often considered stilted especially as an interrogative and especially in oral use
usage Observers of the language have been predicting the demise of
whom from about 1870 down to the present day. Yet it shows every indication of persisting quite a while yet.
as in
Whomshall I say is calling?
WHATEVER!!
Well,
whoever is used in the same context.. as in it doesn't matter who...
"Whom (who) shall I call for the party?"
"
Whomever (
Whoever)!"
Whomever is the objective form of whoever.
The government gave the contract to
whoever paid the highest money.
Whomever cannot be use here, because the sentence is the answer to the question
Who did the government award the contract to? (according to the first rule of using who..)
Whomsoever and
Whosoever serve same functions with different levels of emphasis.
as in
"To
whomsoever it may concern
ConvolutedSignal has asked me a totally unnecessary grammar question!"
Again, it answers the question..
To
whom is this letter addressed?... ie the subject!
Whosoever wants to avail this facility is welcome to do so....
I hope
you get the drift!
I hope you roll in hell, Vivek
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