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GRAMMAR help needed! Is this correct? "Additionally, I would like to know whom I should contact regarding those employment opportunities."

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  • GRAMMAR help needed! Is this correct? "Additionally, I would like to know whom I should contact regarding those employment opportunities."

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    02.07.09, 09:39 AM Flag ]
    • I think this reads a bit awkwardly. "In addition, I would like request more information about those employment opportunities. Whom should I contact?"

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      02.07.09, 09:44 AM Flag
      • ok, thanks! I was trying to condense it into one sentence

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        02.07.09, 09:47 AM Flag
        • np. it reads fine as one sentence. i find additionally a little fussy. why not "i would also..."?

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          02.07.09, 09:51 AM Flag
      • See below. Whom is incorrect. PLEASE don't do this.

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        02.07.09, 12:24 PM Flag
        • lol. it is correct. i contact WHOM. whom is the object.

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          02.07.09, 12:56 PM Flag
    • Either way, whom is incorrect, it should be who. You only use whom when it is an object, e.g. to whom or from whom. Who is used as a subject.

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      02.07.09, 12:23 PM Flag
      • Whom is the object

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        02.07.09, 12:51 PM Flag
        • Sorry - hit enter by accident. 'Whom' IS the object of the verb 'contact' (i.e. contact whom)... the sentence as written is fine.

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          02.07.09, 12:52 PM Flag
          • No it isn't. It is "who should I contact"

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            02.07.09, 01:25 PM Flag
            • copyeditor mom here, and you're wrong. think of it this way: would you say, "i contact he" or "i contact him"? the latter. him is an object, so you need whom in this case, not who.

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              02.07.09, 01:27 PM Flag
              • Finally, with whom should I contact regarding employment opportunities. With thanks, ...

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                02.07.09, 02:56 PM Flag
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