Re: Somebody did some editing

"J. W. Love" wrote:
>
> Raymond wrote:
>
> > I thought it was odd that Kinsley would use "whom" and "him" as he did.
> > I would have expected either "who" and "him" (idiomatic) or "whom" and
> > "he" (traditional).
> >
> > When I decided to write a post about this, I looked at the piece again,
> > but this time in the Minneapolis StarTribune. Lo and behold! In that
> > paper "Him and/or Karl Rove" remained the same, but the sentence
> > containing "Whom" was now "Who else would you ask?"
> >
> > As I said in my subject line, somebody did some editing.
>
> Or maybe some unediting!

I believe the Washington Post is Kinsley's syndicator. They published
the column last Friday, October 28 (aka 28 October). I don't still
have the dead-tree version, but the Web has it as "Who else ... ?"
That sounds like Kinsley's authentic voice. And why would anyone want
to edit it anyway?

--
Bob Lieblich
Who finds Kinsley entertaining
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