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Fri Sep-03-10 10:18 AM
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Quick question: "Woe unto him" or "Woe unto he"? |
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Which is the correct usage?
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Fri Sep-03-10 10:33 AM
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Fri Sep-03-10 10:38 AM
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3. you're going to need to provide context |
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Fri Sep-03-10 10:38 AM
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4. "Woe unto __ who dares to yada yada yada" nt |
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Fri Sep-03-10 10:40 AM
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Fri Sep-03-10 04:33 PM
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Edited on Fri Sep-03-10 04:37 PM by woo me with science
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Fri Sep-03-10 10:41 AM
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He is the subject of the prepositional phrase. The entire phrase is the object of the preposition.
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Fri Sep-03-10 10:42 AM
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Fri Sep-03-10 10:55 AM
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"Unto" is a preposition and the person is the object of the phrase. A complete sentence would be, "God will bring woe unto him." "Unto" is treated the same as "to" here.
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Fri Sep-03-10 12:13 PM
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Edited on Fri Sep-03-10 12:14 PM by WinkyDink
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Fri Sep-03-10 04:38 PM
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13. "Vae qui aedificat domum suam." |
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Fri Sep-03-10 11:35 PM
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16. Woe unto him who builds his own house, |
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for his roof shall likely leak.
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Sat Sep-04-10 12:37 AM
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17. 'Unto' is a preposition. |
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Prepositions require the objective form of the personal pronoun.
Him.
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I invoked my woman's prerogative.
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