r/mildlyinfuriating 1d ago

English for Beginners

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u/Admirable_Hunter_703 1d ago

English is so hard to learn that even native speakers argue over whether it's "who" or "whom"—and then just avoid the sentence altogether by saying, "That guy!"

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u/branch397 1d ago

My seventh grade teacher taught us two "Indian" names: iweheshetheywho and meushimherthemwhom. So for me, my hair stands on end when someone tries to be literate and says "He is the guy whom taught me english", which sounds exactly as bad as "me learned a lot today".

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u/Nevermore_Novelist 1d ago

Me fail English? Unpossible!