From: LISATIA@aol.com
Date: Mon Aug 14 1995 - 23:21:19 EDT
dear Ken,
What do you say to be the cause of the trouble?" or "Whom do you say to be
the cause of it?" in English are two sentences with double accusatives in the
infinitive mode: "you say whom to be the cause of it." One is subject; one
is object. Examples are rare in English, because we don't regularly use the
infinitive for indirect discourse. By the way, whom do you expect to be the
next president?
best wishes, dick arthur Merrimack NH
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