Guess Whom I Met!

[Thy Geekdom Come]

I met Laura (hugheyforlife) and James (Theoketos) today!!!

Laura is awesome and has two little siblings, Joseph and Eve, and they're bunches of fun!

James is...different than I imagined. James drove me back to my aunt's house and we got chased by some nutter in a truck in the middle of nowhere.

[franciscanheart]

me! haha

[Tony]

cool! I bet that guy following you scared you though

[spathariossa]

Shouldn't it be "Guess who I met?" Isn't whom a dative? Raphael you're the latin person!

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='spathariossa' date='Dec 29 2004, 01:35 AM'] Shouldn't it be "Guess who I met?" Isn't whom a dative? Raphael you're the latin person! [/quote]
Whom is the direct object of "met."

It's "whom."

[spathariossa]

[quote name='Raphael' date='Dec 29 2004, 12:38 AM'] Whom is the direct object of "met."

It's "whom." [/quote]
A direct object takes an accusative not a dative.

N: Who
A: Who
G: Whose
D: Whom

[Phazzan]

Is that all you do Raphy, circumventing the country meeting up with your fellow net chums???

What a life!

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='spathariossa' date='Dec 29 2004, 01:39 AM'] A direct object takes an accusative not a dative.

N: Who
A: Who
G: Whose
D: Whom [/quote]
"Met" takes the direct object, which is accusative.

Also, indirect objects take "whom" as well-to "whom" or for "whom"...

[DancesforLove]

Aww awesome! I wish I could have met up with ya'll. Maybe next time

Laura you and I live way too close lol we need to hook up sometime!

[Colleen]

That's so cool, Micah.

Oh, and I dunno . . . I think it sounds awkward to say "Guess Whom." I would go with "Guess Who."

[DancesforLove]

LoL colleen I was thinking the same thing? no offense Micah, but is that correct? lol it sounds wrong....

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Colleen' date='Dec 29 2004, 02:04 AM'] That's so cool, Micah.

Oh, and I dunno . . . I think it sounds awkward to say "Guess Whom." I would go with "Guess Who." [/quote]
Meanie head English majors...

I still think it's correct.

[Benedict]

Trust the ears of [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/EldricIV/Nazi.gif[/img]

"Guess who" is correct.

"Guess whom I met" is correct.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Benedict' date='Dec 29 2004, 02:34 AM'] Trust the ears of [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/EldricIV/Nazi.gif[/img]

"Guess who" is correct.

"Guess whom I met" is correct. [/quote]
Because "who" is part of the clause. "Guess who is phatmasser?" has a "who" because the "who" is the subject of the linking verb "is" while "guess whom I met?" has a "whom" because "whom" is the object of the verb "met."

[DancesforLove]

uhhh okie dokie Micah

[littleflower+JMJ]

[quote name='Raphael' date='Dec 29 2004, 12:33 AM'] I met Laura (hugheyforlife) and James (Theoketos) today!!!

Laura is awesome and has two little siblings, Joseph and Eve, and they're bunches of fun!

James is...different than I imagined. James drove me back to my aunt's house and we got chased by some nutter in a truck in the middle of nowhere. [/quote]
that is sooo AWESOME!!

im so glad you guys got to meet up!

[spathariossa]

[quote name='Raphael' date='Dec 29 2004, 01:37 AM'] Because "who" is part of the clause. "Guess who is phatmasser?" has a "who" because the "who" is the subject of the linking verb "is" while "guess whom I met?" has a "whom" because "whom" is the object of the verb "met." [/quote]
I think my disagreement with you wasn't concerning your grammar but rather the declension of who. I was under the impression that who was nominative and accusative whereas whom was solely a dative. However, upon further investigation it would seem that whom is actually both accusative and dative whereas who is solely nominative. Go figure.

[therevolution]

whom...

but how fun, i wish i lived close to PMers

[phatcatholic]

i wish i had a clue what raphael and spathariossa were talkin about.

i'm a retard..............

[DemonSlayer]

Good for youse all.