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        It probably annotates abbreviation of the full year 1985 1986 1987, etc, so people don’t get confused and think Tom Cruise was 87 when he married Mimi Rogers.

        I can’t say if it’s a good or bad annotation, but theres a possible explanation.

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              Just to be pedantic, you should use “whoever” there, not “whomever.”

              To tell whether to use “who” or “whom,” replace it with “he” or “him” and follow the ‘m.’

              “he made this” vs “him made this”

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                Can I get an example for whomever please? My brain is slow today but like learning new grammar tips.

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                  7 hours ago

                  Sure!

                  “If I’m asked, I’ll give grammar tips to whomever.”

                  Whomever is tough, because often this would be constructed as “I’ll give grammar tips to whoever asks.” And you would use “who” there, because “whoever” is the subject of the clause “whoever asks.”

                  Generally speaking, it’s usually safe to pick “whoever” over “whomever.”

                  But if you drop the “-ever” it’s a lot easier. Anywhere you’d use “him” (that is, the objective pronoun), you use “whom.” To whom, for whom, by whom, etc.

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                    7 hours ago

                    Thanks. This is amazing and just what I needed to understand the differences. Appreciate you taking the time.

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            Idk why or who makes the conventions. It might be a required format, kind of like how you’re supposed to start numbering pages in APA after the title page.

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      I went down a rabbit hole on this one. I think the age may be irrelevant, or only correlated with children. At least Kidman and Holmes left him over Scientology. They were trying to avoid having their kids indoctrinated. That worked for Holmes, backfired on Kidman. It might have worked for Holmes because it backfired on Kidman. https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/06/28/after-tom-cruise-once-denied-abandoning-suri-she-seems-to-get-the-last-word/