Thursday, August 02, 2018

The almost-perfect comeback



I humbly submit that these are the two best sentences that J.K. Rowling has ever written. Nevertheless: "Whom" should be "who."

5 comments:

Mr Mike said...

I wonder if th a wasn't a rip on the NYT made up John Kerry quote, "Who among us doesn't love NASCAR"
http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh100204.shtml

H. W. Fowler said...

Rowling's latest pseudonymous crime thriller is due in September. That's an old Twitter exchange; what ever came of the grammatical issue? Does she herself compose every one of her tweets? The language and grammar echo the KJV's 'Sermon' in Matthew: "... verily, ... whom amongst ...". Who can say they have never been trolled?

Bob Harrison said...

I would diagram the Rowling sentence but you don't pay enough.

Anonymous said...

Been a while Joe, you got me a little worried.

margie said...

You okay Joseph?
Worried about you.
M