But, we would say "The group of people who stormed the Bastille". Admittedly, I have always had a problem with "who" vs "whom". As my wife would say, "She was absent from school that day". :>) Don Begin forwarded message: > From: King Donald E <donaldeking@me.com> > Date: February 20, 2013 8:27:30 PM PST > To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Who did that? > Reply-To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com > > I would suggest that "that" is correct in this case because we are not referring to a person or even to a group of people per se, but a characteristic that this group of people have brought upon themselvces. We are defining this group of people who were involved. > > Another question - Is my deceased father my father or was he my father? > > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 8:11 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: > >> Here a question on our recent thread: >> >> Would it be better to say "the mob that stormed the Bastille." or "the mob who stormed the Bastille"? >> >> Craig >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Don, "WHO" is a pronoun like I, you, he, she, they. "WHOM" is a direct object pronoun like me, you, him, her, them. I said, you said, he said, she said, we said, who said.. To me, to you, to him, to her, to us, to them To WHOM it may concern. Just think of it in those terms. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS. Actually, the word "whom" is on life support in the modern English language. It has been on life support for at least 50 years. Craig On Feb 20, 2013, at 11:37 PM, King Donald E wrote: > But, we would say "The group of people who stormed the Bastille". > > Admittedly, I have always had a problem with "who" vs "whom". As my wife would say, "She was absent from school that day". :>) > > Don > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: King Donald E <donaldeking@me.com> >> Date: February 20, 2013 8:27:30 PM PST >> To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Who did that? >> Reply-To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com >> >> I would suggest that "that" is correct in this case because we are not referring to a person or even to a group of people per se, but a characteristic that this group of people have brought upon themselves. We are defining this group of people who were involved. >> >> Another question - Is my deceased father my father or was he my father? >> >> >> On Feb 20, 2013, at 8:11 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: >> >>> Here a question on our recent thread: >>> >>> Would it be better to say "the mob that stormed the Bastille." or "the mob who stormed the Bastille"? >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message