Do you have a woman's name?
Did you appear on University Challenge with a severely deformed ferret (which looked like a pig) as a mascot?
Do you have a hamster named after a disbanded metropolitan riot squad?
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Do you have anything in common with a coca-cola bottle?
Do you believe it's not the men in your life that count, but rather the life in your men.
Was your father a prizefighter?
Who are ya"?
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"Oh tsk tsk Polo.... Surely one should enquire... "You are whom?"
Standards me dear... Standards dont you know...
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Nah. I had to look up the reason for this and the 'official' answer is
"You are whom?" Is this the correct usage?"
Answer. No.
Reason. 'Who' is actually the subject, not the object, of the sentence. You can rewrite the sentence as "Who are you?"
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"Oh tsk tsk Polo.... Surely one should enquire... "You are whom?"
Standards me dear... Standards dont you know...
Nah. I had to look up the reason for this and the 'official' answer is
"You are whom?" Is this the correct usage?"
Answer. No.
Reason. 'Who' is actually the subject, not the object, of the sentence. You can rewrite the sentence as "Who are you?"
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One can but abandon ones whimsical musings in the face of such grammatical precision... Bows low and exits stage right...
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One can but abandon ones whimsical musings in the face of such grammatical precision... Bows low and exits stage right...
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At a colder time of the year I might enquire if you are being pursued by a bear |
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