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  • abysmalpoptart@lemmy.worldtoCalvin and Hobbes@lemmy.world17 February 1989
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    In this story arc, Calvin stole her class notes and was trying to hold them hostage. Instead of meeting his demands, she waited quietly as a strategy. She was extremely angry.

    Hobbes simply pointed out that, due to their hostage situation, they were able to stay up 30 minutes past when Rosalyn makes them go to bed.

    Edit: in the arc, they literally hid behind a locked door until 7pm. They didn’t “act better,” hobbes is just pointing out they technically succeeded in staying up later







  • I actually don’t think this is correct. Whom is used when the unknown person is the object being impacted (to whom did you sell your car). In this sentence, “who” is actually referring to a person performing the action (the sentences “who questioned him?” And “where are those who questioned him?” Would use who, not whom. You wouldn’t say “whom questioned him,” but whom could be used to replace “him,” such as “he questioned whom?”).

    As I alluded to above, you can usually see if it’s who or whom by changing it to he/she (who) or him/her (whom). You may need to adjust the sentence slightly, but it will normally work. Above you need to remove the “where are those” portion to find the answer.

    So I believe that your correction came across a bit rude, and I’m fairly certain it is also wrong.