GRAY
It was a donation.
DOROTHY
From who?
It was a donation.
DOROTHY
From who?
Did that make you cringe a little? Yeah, me too. It should be "From whom?", huh? Every time I read that line or hear it spoken aloud I feel a little twinge of shame. So why not fix it? (I'm sure you're one step ahead of me already.)
Because I'm not writing a science paper or a newspaper article or a medical brochure. I'm not writing prose or a poem. I'm writing a character. Some characters speak perfect English and some do not.
It sounds wrong, but I know that if Dorothy said "whom" it would sound even wronger.
Because I'm not writing a science paper or a newspaper article or a medical brochure. I'm not writing prose or a poem. I'm writing a character. Some characters speak perfect English and some do not.
It sounds wrong, but I know that if Dorothy said "whom" it would sound even wronger.
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