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bmo
11-30-2004, 04:52 PM
1. Who do you think is cute in here?
2. Who do you think is cute here?

Both are correct, right? Is #2 better?

3. Whom do you think is cute in here? (Is this correct?) I think it is.

4. My father mailed a letter for me. This has 2 interpretations:
a. He was going to the post office, so I asked him to mail my letter to John.
b. Since I live on a remote island, my father mailed a letter to someone else who passed it on to me.

5. A room in a primary school is designated as "Butterfly." A sign on the door should say "Butterfly Room," not "The Butterfly Room." Am I right?

Rusty
11-30-2004, 05:29 PM
1. Who do you think is cute in here?
2. Who do you think is cute here?

Both are correct, right? Is #2 better?

3. Whom do you think is cute in here? (Is this correct?) I think it is.

4. My father mailed a letter for me. This has 2 interpretations:
a. He was going to the post office, so I asked him to mail my letter to John.
b. Since I live on a remote island, my father mailed a letter to someone else who passed it on to me.

5. A room in a primary school is designated as "Butterfly." A sign on the door should say "Butterfly Room," not "The Butterfly Room." Am I right?

1. Who do you think is cute in here? (OK).
2. Who do you think is cute here? (OK).

Both are correct, right? Is #2 better? (Both are correct. If you are in a room, #1 is fine. If you are outside, you will have to use #2).

3. Whom do you think is cute in here? (Is this correct?) I think it is. (No. Turn the sentence this way: Do you think ____ is cute here?
This shows that you need a subject for the clause" ___is cute here", and "who" is the subjective case).

4. My father mailed a letter for me. This has 2 interpretations:
a. He was going to the post office, so I asked him to mail my letter to John.
b. Since I live on a remote island, my father mailed a letter to someone else who passed it on to me. (I think a. is the interpretation that most people would take from the sentence. If the writer's meaning is b. , he'd say, "My father mailed a letter that was intended for me").

5. A room in a primary school is designated as "Butterfly." A sign on the door should say "Butterfly Room," not "The Butterfly Room." Am I right? (Yes. Well, I suppose it could be either way, but more likely, "Butterfly Room").

bmo
11-30-2004, 08:55 PM
Thanks a lot.