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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 | link to this post ]
  - ok, thanks! I was trying to condense it into one sentence
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    02.07.09, 09:47 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
      - ok, thanks!
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        02.07.09, 09:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - See below. Whom is incorrect. PLEASE don't do this.
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    02.07.09, 12:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - lol. it is correct. i contact WHOM. whom is the object.
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      02.07.09, 12:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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 | link to this post ]
  - Whom is the object
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    02.07.09, 12:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
      - No it isn't. It is "who should I contact"
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        02.07.09, 01:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        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 | link to this post ]
        
        Finally, with whom should I contact regarding employment opportunities. With thanks, ...
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        02.07.09, 02:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        absolutely not!
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        02.07.09, 02:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

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

I think this reads a bit awkwardly. "In addition, I would like request more information about those employment opportunities. Whom should I contact?"

ok, thanks! I was trying to condense it into one sentence

np. it reads fine as one sentence. i find additionally a little fussy. why not "i would also..."?

ok, thanks!

See below. Whom is incorrect. PLEASE don't do this.

lol. it is correct. i contact WHOM. whom is the object.

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.

Whom is the object

Sorry - hit enter by accident. 'Whom' IS the object of the verb 'contact' (i.e. contact whom)... the sentence as written is fine.

No it isn't. It is "who should I contact"

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.

Finally, with whom should I contact regarding employment opportunities. With thanks, ...

absolutely not!

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