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RE: spelling correction


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Phil Betts wrote:

>   If in doubt, ask yourself how the clause beginning who/whom would
>   read in the form of a sentence giving he, him, she, her, they or
>   them instead: if the who/whom person turns into he/she/they, then
>   "who" is right; if it becomes him/her/them, then it should be
>   "whom".
> 
> In other words, "him holds the copyright" is nonsense, so "whom holds
> the copyright" is nonsense.  "he holds the copyright" is fine, so the
> correct form is "who holds the copyright".

What about this deal:
I'll correct that if you find some more spelling errors in the documents
(which should be quite easy).

bye
	ago
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