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these_three_things t1_j3s01jb wrote

"Rest in peace" does not function as a verb in this sentence. It's simply a sentiment, like "hello" or "my thanks." Regardless, that does not affect the state of the object phrase.

You are correct that the example sentence is a clear parallel for the one we are discussing, but you are still making the same mistake in it. That sentence would read as follows:

> Give the recipe to [whoever has to cook the meal].

If you look at the bracketed phrase, it is clear that the subject of the phrase must be in the subjective case. You can't say "him has to cook the meal." If you put the pronoun in the objective case to satisfy the preposition, you are robbing the following phrase of its subject. If you give the "has to cook" phrase its subject, then the entire phrase works, and in its whole functions as the object.

The reason that looks strange is because in this construction, we are actually omitting a word. The proper way to say this sentence would be like so:

> Give the recipe to [the person] who has to cook the meal.

When it is worded as such, you can see that "the person" functions as the object of the initial phrase, and "who" functions as the subject of the second phrase. That second phrase is actually a dependent clause, so it requires a subject.

However, when you omit the object ("the person") of the first phrase, then the entire second clause becomes the object. It still, however, remains a complete clause with its own subject—and a pronoun in objective case cannot function as a subject.

This link does a good job of explaining our dilemma, using examples like the initial sentence, and the one you provided.

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edvek t1_j3rv0s6 wrote

I refuse to listen to ads. I will always and forever use ad blockers. I have YouTube Vance on my phone which I mirror to my TV. If I don't feel like getting up I'll suffer through ads from Hulu on the TV but ad blockers still work on the computer for Hulu. Fuck tiers of ads/no ads.

Also people can complain and the complaint can be valid and not be entitled. YouTube has gotten more aggressive with ads and unskipable ads. People say "well that's how they make money and if they dont have ads/paid they will close." That is untrue and YouTube will die when Google dies. It's too big of a platform for them to close and they would run it at a loss for 100 years before think of closing it.

Also gpu prices are out of control this is well documented and well known.

Your points are bad and you should feel bad.

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kentuckycc t1_j3ruil4 wrote

I still don’t agree. In the sentence we are referencing, “to code” is not the verb. “to rest” is the verb.

It’s like the sentence “Give the recipe to whomever has to cook the meal.” In this sentence “to give” is the verb and “to whomever has to cook the meal” is the prepositional phrase, not the subject. So you would not use the subjective case.

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