WUP for Wednesday, 5/28

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. --Booker T. Washington

Vocab
sedentary (adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place
She exchanged her sedentary job for a position as a swimming instructor.

Lit Term

VERNACULAR The language spoken by the people who live in a particular locality. Regionalist writers try to capture the vernacular of their area.

Usage: Who vs. Whom
Like whom, the pronoun him ends with m. When you're trying to decide whether to use who or whom, ask yourself if the answer to the question would be he or him. That's the trick: if you can answer the question being asked with him, then use whom, and it's easy to remember because they both end with m. For example, if you trying to ask, "Who (or whom) do you love?" The answer would be "I love him." Him ends with an m, so you know to use whom. But if you are trying to ask, "Who (or whom) stepped on Squiggly?" the answer would be "He stepped on Squiggly." There's no m, so you know to use who. So that's the quick and dirty trick: if you can't remember that you use whom when you are referring to the object of the sentence, just remember that him equals whom (Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/who-versus-whom.aspx).