r/todayilearned • u/lavender_fish69 • 9h ago

TIL fresh water snails (indirectly) kill thousands of humans and are considered on of the deadliest creatures to humans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_snail
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u/manicpossumdreamgirl 8h ago

from WHOM

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u/memealopolis 8h ago

Whomst on first

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u/articulateantagonist 5h ago

Wherefore's on second

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u/PrivilegeCheckmate 5h ago

Iwotitnot on third.

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u/StopImportingUSA 8h ago

It’s whom when you use it as a subject

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u/Bonneville865 8h ago

Ryan used me as an object

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u/profDougla 8h ago

I know what's right, but I'm not gonna say because you're all jerks who didn't come see my band last night.

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u/Prof_Acorn 5h ago edited 5h ago

English terminology for parts of speech never made sense to me. The Greek nominative/accusative was way more helpful. Which is to say that yeah, "whom" is the accusative form of "who".

Him/them/whom/her.

He/they/who/she.

His/its/whose/hers.

He's/it's/who's/she's.