Comments on: Freaking Depressing

By: Belle

Belle — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:21:29 +0000

anna, my husband was both a technical writer and editor at a huge company one time and he agreed with what you just said re: “I am taller that she.”

By: annamanila

annamanila — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:54:42 +0000

I have taken liberty with rules of grammar but have stayed away from too blatant violations. Prepositions are really tricky. Your guidelines are a-okay to me. A doesn’t complain about the dilemma between using “her” or “she”? As in “I am taller than ______.” I know that the answer is “I am taller than she is” but I will never use it in ordinary conversation. haha

By: chesca (exskindiver)

chesca (exskindiver) — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:02:11 +0000

beautiful picture belle!
frameworthy again.

By: pining

pining — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:52:08 +0000

impressive picture

By: KK aka Tina

KK aka Tina — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:01:48 +0000

First off: gorgeous photo!

English is very confusing!

By: GreyMom

GreyMom — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:46:48 +0000

Good one Belle! In this world of text messaging, it never hurts to explain these things to our kids. It does get confusing sometimes. Great post!

By: Rach (Heart of Rachel)

Rach (Heart of Rachel) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:37:59 +0000

Thanks for this explanation Belle. I also get confused with who and whom.

By: faith

faith — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:20:52 +0000

Hi kabayan,

As our “terror’ grammar teacher used to say, “if it sounds good, then it must be grammatically correct.”

Pls. tell you daughter that even experienced writers share the same confusion as hers.

By: Wil

Wil — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:00:42 +0000

Nice explanation, Belle. I’m not absolutely clear on when to use who or whom either. I just use the “which sounds right” rule. When all else fails, one can also just use a word processor’s grammar check. hehe

By: K

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:48:05 +0000

This is one of those tricky grammar question that continues to confuse me either. I am not good in grammar myself, but I would use “whom” to an object of a verb or prep and “who” to the subject of a sentence.

So your answers are correct.

Hahaha I am not sure, I can never actually think off the bat which one to use though. But I will use “whom” or “who” when it’s appropriate.