leejosepho wrote:
NewTime wrote:
Why would someone go into a church and pretend to pray?
To deceptively justify having come in to escape the cold...
"All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray
"I've been for a walk on a winter's day
"I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A...."
lostonearth35 wrote:
...on Sesame Street...the lyrics "They're the people that you meet each day", and some guy I don't remember said it's supposed to be "They're the people *whom* you meet each day." SO?!?
Proper grammar would be "They're the people you meet each day" with neither "that" nor "whom" present within the sentence...and unnecessary use of the word "that" is one of my biggest grammar gripes. Saying ""They're the people that you..." makes me want to ask and say, "Uh, what do you mean by 'that you'? I presently happen to be the only 'you' nearby."
Makes sense that you would
pretend to pray to escape the cold and rain. And the preacher "closed the door because he knows I'm gonna stay....".
But..."they are the people you meet every day" is understandable, but it doesn't sound quite right.
Hmmmm...
"They" is the subject.
But "they" is also the object.
Because YOU are the agent, who meets THEM.
What a complicated sentence!
Okay... if it were "they are the people who shop at your store everyday" then that would be fine. Niether a "whom" nor a "that" would be needed.
But what if the people in question were people whom you did something to (ie were the object of some action you did?), Like "poked in the eye".
Then it would be "They are the people whom you poke in the eye everyday".
Or if you happened to be a doctor "they are the people whom you examine every day".
"Meeting" is an action( like "examining" and "poking in the eye"). And these people would be the object of the action.
So logically it would indeed be "they are the people whom you meet everyday".
So I vote for "whom".