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To: Gauguin who wrote (34857)	8/13/1999 5:59:00 PM
From: PCModem	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

"I think I've figured out on who (or whoom) to blame my involvement in..." who or whom If it helps, think of the final "m" as being the same as the final "m" of "him" and "them" (which it is -- a carryover from the days of yore when English was still inflected). When in doubt, substitute him or them for whom and if it still sounds right it probably is. But if it requires any other form of those pronouns (he/his/they etc.) then it is not right. example: for him (not "for he"), for them (not "for they") thus "for whom" is correct (not "for who"). Thus your sentence: "...on who/whom to [place] blame..." "on he I place blame" doesn't work, but "on him I place blame" does work, thus "on whom to [place] blame" is correct. Technically, whom/him/them are the dative case which is used for nouns which are the objects of certain prepositions. The most common prepositions are to, for, by, on and with. At least that's how I remember it. I never really learned English grammar until I studied Latin, which is a really easy language because all the words come with little flags (like the "m" in the above examples) at the end telling you what part of speech they are! PCM P.S. I see the stock market liked the the day of destiny!