Verbal Sentence Diagramming in The Office

We were catching up on a couple of episodes of The Office, and lo and behold, there's a grammar discussion in "Money," aired on October 18.

In this episode, Ryan uses the word "whomever," and Michael laughs and says, "Whomever is actually never right." 

In a hilarious, 1-minute, 42-second scene, the entire office staff debates the legitimacy of "whomever."  Well, maybe it's only hilarious for grammar geeks like me.

Here's the link as long as it lasts:

Since, I'm a week and half late watching the episode, other people have brilliantly dissected the script and the comedic genius. Check them out here and here.  The Literal-Minded link gives a nice transcript of the scene for those of you who need words (or in case of the video link disappearing).

Comments

[Word Lily]

Psh. You think you're behind? We don't get NBC, so we're watching the series after it comes out (season by season) on DVD!

[Dawn Goldberg]

That's what we had to do with Sopranos. We didn't want to pay for HBO, so we were always a season behind. I will admit that we did get HBO for one month so that we could see the series finale.

The DVR is a wonderful thing, although I start to get stressed out when my Now Playing list gets too long. We have three (I think) episodes of Pushing Daisies, which we haven't watched at all. I get stressed out each time I see them! I will actually have to watch them soon, or they'll get kicked off the list due to space.

:)

Dawn