One against he and whom against who

THE STAR NEWS
Nation Monday November 26, 2007
Author to give tips on the write stuff
PETALING JAYA: Researching, planning, drafting, revising and editing are said to be the important stages to producing a good piece of writing.
According to writer and author Anna Fung, 51, it was important to research the topic to be written, plan what to write, and proceed to drafting.
Fung, who will be speaking at The Star Learning Skills 2007 Business Writing Workshop on Nov 29, said: “One must always know who he is writing for and why he is writing it.
“The content of the message must be identified and the style and tone must be correctly selected, as each business report is different. Business reports are different from letters and proposals.”
Fung will also be giving tips on writing letters, proposals, minutes and reports at the workshop with fellow speaker Choy Tuck Onn.
Both Fung and Choy are authors of two books - Easy Steps to Report Writing and Easy Steps to Public Speaking, published by Marshall Cavendish.
The workshop also includes writing for the media. Kamatchy Sappani, who has been a journalist for the last 22 years in local and international organisations, will speak on dealing with the media and how to write press releases.
Kamatchy, who is currently in charge of training for journalists at The Star is a Fulbright fellow and has worked at news organisations such as Kyodo News Service, Radio Deutsche Welle and Dow Jones Inc, among others. She will offer tips on how to deal effectively with all media.
The workshop, to be held at Cititel Mid Valley, is organised by The Star.
After reading the above news item, I wrote (without receiving a response) to the Editor of The Star's Mind Our English on 26 November 2007 as follows:-
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I refer to the item of news “Author to give tips on the write stuff” appearing in The Star of today.
It is reported therein that Fung said: “One must always know who he is writing for and why he is writing it.”

Shouldn’t what Fung said have been: “One must always know whom one is writing for and why one is writing
it” to be grammatically correct?

Regards.

Kengt, Penang
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Teoh - Seeking the use of correc
My above writing has today been published by MIND OUR ENGLISH in ISSUES, STARTWO, Thursday 20 December 2007 together with the given answers.December 20 1:12:09 PM




Teoh - Seeking the use of correc
I have subsequently received an e-mail reply dated December 6, 2007 as follows:-

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Fadzilah Amin answers your question(s):

I agree with you that if we begin a sentence with the indefinite personal pronoun "one", we should continue to use this pronoun and not switch to another, like "he", mid-sentence. Also, since "one" is formal, the use of the object form "whom" is appropriate here. However, in current British English, "who" is often used informally as an object pronoun, eg in "Who are you waiting for?"

Best wishes,Kee Thuan ChyeAssociate EditorEditor of Mind our EnglishThe Star

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