On direct vs indirect object, I’ve heard that before but it doesn’t make sense. None of the other pronouns in English work that way.
Best supporting authority I could find in 15 seconds of looking was Merriam Webster.
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dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Who*
CandleTiger@programming.dev 2 months ago
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You got me. I was taught incorrectly in high school. I always assumed it was the same thing as different pronouns in those particular cases for, as an example Spanish “se” vs “le”. You’ve made me a better member of the alt write, formerly grammar nazis.
CandleTiger@programming.dev 2 months ago
Pronouns! Whom is correct here.
Who / whom works like He / him —
“The Trump administration attempted to label him a terrorist.”
“The Trump administration attempted to label whom a terrorist?”
“He is the person whom the Trump administration attempted to label a terrorist.”