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What's the proper word to use?

1. ( Who, Whom) will the President select for this important mission?
2. His job as camp counselor gave Art more confidence in (hisself, himself)
3. Miss Rose's assistant has just as many responsibilities as (her, she)
4. If any one of the neighbors' children played on her lawn, Mrs. Dobbe would chase (them, him) away.
5. (Who, Whom) first introduced antiseptic methods in surgery?

2007-07-16 16:12:28 · 6 answers · asked by SICK MY DUCK! 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

6 answers

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2007-07-16 16:29:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

1 who
2 himself
3 she (because assistant has responsibilities, Miss Rose/she has responsibilities)
4 him (antecedent is "one", not "children")
5:who

James Thurber was a humorous writer for the New Yorker (magazine), and liked to torture himself over grammar. He wrote an essay about who vs. whom, and suggested that when in doubt, say "whom".

2007-07-16 16:45:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

1. Whom (formal...not used so much in conversation these days.)
2. himself
3. she (but this rule is only observed by careful speakers these days)
4. If you want to be non-sexist, it would be "him or her"
5. Who

2007-07-16 23:11:13 · answer #3 · answered by Insanity 5 · 0 0

1 Whom
2 himself
3 she
4 him
5 who

2007-07-20 15:28:09 · answer #4 · answered by Binx20622 1 · 0 0

1. whom
2. himself
3. she
4. him
5. who

2007-07-16 16:17:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

1:who
2:himself
3:her
4:them
5:who

2007-07-16 16:21:50 · answer #6 · answered by bad boy 2 · 0 1

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