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		SoftwareMaven on Aug 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Captchas To Keep Idiots Out Of Comment Threads Are you sure "whomever"? Isn't that the objective form and, in this case, "whoever" is the subject?

stavros on Aug 10, 2011 | [–]

I'll go with "whoever" too. "He uses grammar", not "him uses".

dredmorbius on Aug 11, 2011 | | [–]

On reflection, I'll buy that as well.

Iv on Aug 11, 2011 | [–]

I spent 10 minutes on grammar links before picking one...

Originally I wanted to write something along the line "whoever's grammar is loose lose" but I am almost sure this is not a correct form

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