Tom’s Fun with Words – Would a Woodchuck Chuck…

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Tom's Fun with Words

Historically, wood and would arrive by different routes. Wood comes from Old English wudu, meaning timber, forest, or material from trees, a thoroughly physical word tied to building and fuel. Would comes from wolde, the past form of willan, meaning to want or wish. One grew out of the landscape; the other grew out of … Continue reading Tom’s Fun with Words – Would a Woodchuck Chuck…

Tom’s Fun with Words – Who’s Shooting Whom?

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Tom's Fun with Words

The pronouns Who and whom are about grammatical roles, not importance, and their distinction mostly matters in formal writing. Who is used when the person is doing the action in the sentence. Whom is used when the person is receiving the action. A simple way to remember this is that the shooter is who, and … Continue reading Tom’s Fun with Words – Who’s Shooting Whom?