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Demetrius Demetrius July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 3:36:51 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Is this correct English?

blay_paul blay_paul July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 3:37:59 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

It is, although it's a little stilted. Basically it works in conversations like this ...

"Who did he kill?" "It was Barbara who Elister killed."

Demetrius Demetrius July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 3:39:26 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Yes. I was wondering whether I should use 'whom' or 'who'...
I wanted to show that moving words around changes emphasis in Belarusian.

blay_paul blay_paul July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 3:47:04 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

> I was wondering whether I should use 'whom' or 'who'...

This may not be the official answer, but use of 'whom' is basically dying out. Use who all the time and practically nobody will care.

saeb saeb July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 3:50:06 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

wow and my ear was telling me 'whom' sounded better...

blay_paul blay_paul July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 4:03:41 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

There are rules (although I don't usually remember them).

http://kbhyde.wordpress.com/201...ling%E2%80%9D/

Anyway, it looks like this is still 'who' even if you're following the rules.

saeb saeb July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 4:24:02 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

...wait a minute, barbara isn't the one being killed?

blay_paul blay_paul July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 4:28:12 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

> ...wait a minute, barbara isn't the one being killed?

Barbara is the one being killed.

saeb saeb July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 4:39:47 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

so it depends on the object of 'who'? so if Elister was the one being killed, whom would be correct?

Dorenda Dorenda July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 4:48:08 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

>"Who did he kill?" "It was Barbara who Elister killed."

>Забіла Элістэр Барбару.

Is Elister a he or a she?

blay_paul blay_paul July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 4:51:25 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

> Is Elister a he or a she?

If you assume Barbara is a 'she' (a fairly safe assumption) then Elister must be a he. Alister would be a 'he', and by the look of Google images then Elister is probably a 'he' as well.

Dorenda Dorenda July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 5:32:47 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Yes, I can see that from the English sentence you can see that Elister is a 'he', but I was asking because from the Belarusian sentence it follows that he is a 'she'. :) So maybe it needs to be changed (although it doesn't matter for the translations).

Demetrius Demetrius July 12, 2010 July 12, 2010 at 9:21:17 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

OK. I'll change Alister to masculine. ^^

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