Sunoverbeach wrote:I used to grab singles if there were multiple lots of ones I liked at a good price. Samplers covered my blend exploration early on.
Rule o' thumb:
If you can replace with he, she, or they in a sentence, use whoever.
If you can replace with him, her, or them, whomever
Neither scenario fits the thread title very well, but whomever feels right to me
as long as you have given the answer as to which pronoun(s) to use, I'll try to complicate it with the rules that you are breaking down...
"If you can replace with he, she, or they in a sentence, use whoever."- in this scenario, we are talking about the pronoun to use when said pronoun is the subject of the sentence, or the one doing the action.
Ironically, these are the Subjective Case Pronouns.
I, You, He/She/It...or Who
We, You, They...or Who
If you can replace with him, her, or them, whomever- these are the pronouns to use when said pronoun is the object of the action happening in the sentence and/or the object of a preposition which usually introduces a phrase.
The Objective Case Pronouns are:
Me You, Him/Her/It...or Whom
Us, You, Them...or Whom
Since the OP begins with "To" which is a preposition, it would take an Objective Case Pronoun...if reworded, the OP might be understood to be saying "I (beancounter), am sending a warning TO whomever is the problem"
Beancounter is the Subject and the First Person Subjective case Pronoun is "I".
The action, or verb, is "sending". The object of bean's sending this warning...or to whom he is speaking, would be me/you/him/her or whom...or us, you, them or whom if unknown.
Examples of prepositions are : to, at, from. Probably a couple dozen of them out there.
Next week: Possessive Case Pronouns.
Disclaimer: I have not yet embraced the special case category that wishes to go by They/Them