The Office (TV Series)
Money (2007)
Brian Baumgartner: Kevin Malone
Quotes
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[In the conference room, the office workers are discussing the correct use of 'whoever' vs. 'whomever']
Kevin Malone : I know what's right, but I'm not gonna say because you're all jerks who didn't come see my band last night.
Ryan Howard : Do you really know which one is correct?
Kevin Malone : I don't know.
Pam Beesly : It's 'whom' when it's the object of the sentence and 'who' when it's the subject.
Phyllis Lapin : That sounds right.
Michael Scott : Well, it sounds right, but is it?
Stanley : How did Ryan use it, as an object?
Ryan Howard : As an object.
Kelly Kapoor : Ryan used *me* as an object.
Stanley : Is he right about that...?
Pam Beesly : How did he use it again?
Toby Flenderson : It was... Ryan wanted Michael, the subject, to explain the computer system, the object...
Michael Scott : Thank you!
Toby Flenderson : ...to whomever, meaning us, the indirect object... which is the correct usage of the word.
Michael Scott : No one asked you anything ever, so whomever's name is Toby, why don't you take a letter opener and stick it into your skull.
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Ryan Howard : What I really want, honestly, Michael, is for you to know it so that you can communicate it to the people here, to your clients, to whomever.
Michael Scott : [chuckles] Okay.
Ryan Howard : What?
Michael Scott : It's 'whoever', not 'whomever'.
Ryan Howard : No, it's 'whomever'.
Michael Scott : No, 'whomever' is never actually right.
Jim Halpert : Well, sometimes it's right.
Creed Bratton : Michael is right. It's a made-up word used to trick students.
Andy Bernard : No. Actually, 'whomever' is the formal version of the word.
Oscar Martinez : Obviously it's a real word, but I don't know when to use it correctly.
Michael Scott : [to camera] Not a native speaker.
Kevin Malone : I know what's right, but I'm not gonna say because you're all jerks who didn't come see my band last night.
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Kevin Malone : Women be shopping.