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bane on July 20, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar

So ask yourself the question, why not "thee", "thou" and "thy" (and relevant possessive forms)? I'm not saying "whom" is wrong only that it is archaic. Reviving just that word seems rather capricious and arbitrary no?

adavies42 on July 20, 2012 [–]

they have their place. i saw a lovely translation recently of a french request to "tutoyer" (address in the familiar) as "i must be thee to thou".

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