1. "Whether report": If you write, "I am deciding whether to go to the concert," don't write "whether or not." The word "whether" embodies "or not." 2. Who/whom: It's correct to say, "Whom are you ...

I was pleased to see a colleague remark in a recent online discussion that when she edits, she asks the client whether to maintain the who/whom distinction. That is sensible, satisfying the client’s ...

To whom or not to whom, that is the question. The word’s going the way of the northern white rhino, but is it ever wrong to use “who” in its place? Will your fancy dinner party guests think you’re a ...