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Tip #492: Who or Whom

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Tip #492:  If you’re confused over when to use “who” or “whom” use this trick: substitute the word he/she or him/her and notice which sounds better.  If he or she is correct, then use who. If him or her sounds better, use whom.

Example:  Ms. Stevens is the one (who, whom) had the highest sales this quarter.  “Her had the highest sales” doesn’t sound correct.  “She had the highest sales” sounds correct, so use who.

New Feature--Word of the Week.

New Feature--Word of the Week. A word will be selected that appears in newspapers and other publications that may not be well-known by many people. We suggest you use the word often during the week, so it will become a part of your new vocabulary.

Clamor (n): insistent public expression. There is a clamor for ethical leaders.

Weekly Exercise:

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This week’s quiz:

Choose the correct answer:

1. He appears to be the candidate (who, whom) will win the election.

2. I wonder (who, whom) will make the best department head.

3. With (who, whom) are you traveling?

Quote of the week:

“Success is dependent upon the glands--sweat glands."

 Zig Ziglar

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, author, Lynne Truss The Everything Resume Book by Steven Graber
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction , by William Knowlton Zinsser  The Gregg Reference Manual, by William A. Sabin 
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, White, E. B. White  How to Take the Fog Out of Business Writing, by Robert Gunning, Richard A. Kallan (Contributor) 

More books on business writing and other business subjects  (available from Amazon.com). 

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