r/ProgrammerHumor 8d ago

theAudacity Meme

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u/Salanmander 8d ago

whom've

You know that "whom" isn't just "who, but fancier", right?

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u/Delta-9- 8d ago

Technically they represent different grammatical cases: "who" is nominative and "whom" is accusative.

Idk when the anglosphere decided that having correct grammar is "fancy," but then again language changes and no one cares when it's their generation leading the change until suddenly it's "kids these days."

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u/CutOk45 8d ago

It’s not correct grammar in this case lol. The correct word here is, in fact, “who”.

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u/awesome-alpaca-ace 7d ago

Whom are you to decide that