| Show HOW OW DO YOU s SAY IT I By C. C N. N L rie t I Common Errors in English English and How to A Mold Void Them WHO WI WHOM AND WHICH THE relative pronouns who whom and whose should be used only In speaking or writing of persons when reference Is made to animals or inanimate objects the proper usage requires the tho use of ot which and of which But Dut whoso whose may be bo used instead of of ot which when the he use of the latter expression expression ex ex- ex- ex pr's slon makes the phrase or sentence awkward or harsh Do not say Those which say so are mistaken Say Those who say so are mistaken Do not say He Hehns tine has some seine friends which I know Say He has some friends whom I know It It 1 la is curious to note that Dr Samuel Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel Johnson the famous English writer of the eighteenth century and compiler of the standard dictionary of his hig time time was guilty of this error In his novel Rasselas he said Frequently Frequently Fre every fowl whom nature has taught to dip the wing In water Instead Instead In In- stead stend of whom he should have written written written writ writ- ten which |
