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From: mathias@Hawaii.Edu (Gerald B Mathias)
Subject: Re: How do you parse "It's me" ?
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Phil Hunt (phil@vision25.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <4v23pp$95r@portal.gmu.edu>, Stephen C Carlson
: <scarlso1@osf1.gmu.edu> scrib:
: >How about these examples (underlining indicates spoken emphasis):
: >
: >(A) You visited _who_?
: >(B) You visited _whom_?
: >
: >I would say that (B) is more common, even in informal English ("whom" is
: >in object territory here), while your rule would predict the opposite.

: I would not say either of these. I would say:

: (C)   _Who_ did you visit?

: and I expect more people would say this than A or B.

Come on, Phil, (C) doesn't have the same meaning as (A) or (B), which
both mean "Who(m) did you say you visited?"

Bart Mathias
