Timeline for ... does the cat see in the tree? — must the question word be 'who', 'whom' or 'what'?
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| Dec 30, 2020 at 9:41 | vote | accept | Alexander | ||
| Dec 29, 2020 at 16:41 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Well, I did pass comment under the question about the possibility of being a formal student of English who's required to know all of these things. Lord knows why foreigners should need to learn what some people think Anglophones should say, rather than what most of us do say. But hopefully most people here can see the clear trend in my chart, and they'll be sensible enough to attach more weight to forms that have already become dominant, and will only become more so over time. Who wants to learn "dead, dying" languages? | |
| Dec 29, 2020 at 14:25 | comment | added | cactustictacs | It's definitely worth being aware of the rule at least - especially when you're lucky enough to be a formal student of English who's required to know all of these things! For whom it is a requirement, I should say (except I don't talk like that) | |
| Dec 29, 2020 at 13:48 | history | answered | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 4.0 |