Who/whom
Posted by Bookworm on May 20, 2003
In Reply to: Anyone ... they ... posted by TheFallen on May 20, 2003
: : : Believe it or not, this sentence was in an article on the
Opinion page in today's Times:
: : : 'Anyone, whoever they are, could be a ... star in the movies.'
: : Pitiful. That could have been corrected so easily by deleting "whoever they are."
: ...or, if one felt one desperately needed to intensify the phrase, by replacing the execrably incorrect "whoever they are" with "no matter who".
Usage question: Would "no matter whom" be hypercorrect, or just plain incorrect?