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Grammar pedants - help please.

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Oct 2007
12:40am, 10 Oct 2007
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Dvorak
Agreed, to is for the dative, and for is for, er, something else. (The ablative?)
Oct 2007
12:41am, 10 Oct 2007
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DeeGee
However, compare "To whom" and "For whom"
Oct 2007
12:42am, 10 Oct 2007
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DeeGee
Both dative? Or do I have to refresh myself with either the ablative or the genetive?
Oct 2007
12:43am, 10 Oct 2007
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DeeGee
Of course, that should read genitive.
Oct 2007
12:48am, 10 Oct 2007
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Dvorak
Indeed. If one may be permitted a one-word sentence. To whit, or to woo?

Refreshing yourself with the genitive however perchance may best be done within the privacy of one's own withdrawing room.
Oct 2007
1:01am, 10 Oct 2007
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Dvorak
Misplaced use of a capital after a semi-colon, Disco :-P
Oct 2007
7:54am, 10 Oct 2007
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Huge
Tis the gerund, dear people, whilst waiting, whilst playing etc.
Oct 2007
1:12am, 12 Oct 2007
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DeeGee
Still doesn't explain why "To whom am I speaking?" and "For whom the bell tolls" are the same structure. What follows for, good people, what follows for?
Oct 2007
7:59am, 12 Oct 2007
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Huge
Tis the indirect object, DG,also known as the Dative case.

English used to be a much more inflected language, like German, words would add an ending in this case "m", after certain prepositions.
Oct 2007
8:16am, 12 Oct 2007
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DeeGee
Cheers Huge. Being a German speaker, I'm a great fan of the dative case.

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