To Whom it May Concern!

[@alistairmscott]

How to comfort a grammar pedant: give them a hug and whisper in their ear- "their, they're, there".

[@chicagorandy]

or To-Too-Two. If that fails? Your-You're.

[@MarkJones-sk6vk]

Or ask them to explain effect vs affect.

[@ThewTheKooky]

When to use bring or take?

[@chrisgabbert658]

Well to too.

[@kerickwalters2749]

Don't forget thare now.. 😂

[@75RWM]

My God, after 72 years (so far) on this third stone from the sun I'm listening to an English lesson on a frosty Saturday morning. Flashback time, I love it. 😎

[@ballesterosgorge8537]

Ahh, once a professor always a professor! Thank you for all that you do.

[@hartewj]

There is nothing better in life than a morning coffee and Hickok45 Talks… Life is good !

[@loulopez554]

Yes It's the best way to start the day,

[@thomasmoje5926]

I agree..Hickok45 would fit right in with our 'circle of wisdom' coffee klatch that gets together every morning at our local coffee shop.

[@dash525]

Thanks for all your amazing content! I would enjoy hearing content from you on firearm history, military, history, camping/outdoor, how to live a good life! Your talent as a teacher combined with your interest could be pretty stellar!

[@dubosephotography7698]

I love your talks channel!!! It has been a wonderful addition to your classic firearms reviews.

[@cuttnhorse2013]

I live a few miles North of you. We talk the way we talk, because it’s where we grew up. As a retired pilot, I’ve been all over. I’ve had people say you’re not from around here, as I was checking into a hotel or rental car etc. I always ask how can you tell?! They said, well you talk funny. I would come back and say, I don’t talk funny, you are the one that talks funny!😂 they normally stop trying to talk to me!😂😂 I’m from the Appalachia and proud of it. The best time I had was in Boston Ma.😂😂😂

[@Colt1927AC]

My last 15yrs of employment was as an investigator. I covered 11 counties in my state. I frequently wrote and served search warrants. One DA was a grammar cop, he would refuse a warrant due to lack of a comma, requiring me to drive an hour one way back to the office to correct his finding.

[@the_legend3185]

I love hearing crazy stories from old timers about the old days

[@billsybainbridge3362]

"When do we know Grandpa has a happy wife? When Grammar doesn't make him wince". 🤔😂

[@joesheetstheragman7737]

Remember, it's not who you know, but whom.

[@HankWeidman]

Always a pleasure Thank You

[@KingLoopie1]

My grammar teachers told me the exact same thing! Don't use it unless you positively know that it's right. It's served me well and I've passed it on to my conversational English students in a former life.

[@williamgaines9784]

There is no E in grammar.

[@MrAvidOutdoorsman]

Remember that ol' band named The Whom" 😂

[@doc650adventures]

😂😂😂😂

[@bisleyblackhawk1288]

@@doc650adventures excellent! 👍👍👍

[@michaelfraser5723]

'TO WHO'M IT MAY CONCERN '

[@jamesbell8496]

This is perfect. I've learned the history of the Colt SAA and correct grammar from the same channel. I love it.

[@JohnWayne-q7l]

I love your hanging out with you on Sunday shootaround, and talks.channel. As a firearms enthusiast myself, I love to hear you talk about them. I think back to my grandfather and my father. Take me back to yesterday. Your stories and experiences in life. Your first gun and how old you were when you received it. Your memories of competition or events in life. The highs and lows. Family history, like your father and grandfather, and their experiences that you inherited from them. Guns you owned, or changes you have experienced since your first gun, ip to today. I watch you, to connect with you my friend. For your consideration on future talks topics. Thank you for being you Hickok45

[@eathangogo9370]

Hello, sir. Japanese here. I've been a big fan of your channel and enjoying watching and listening to your talk. Believe it or not, I am also learning a lot about English via your talk. As a second language learner, I find it pretty hard to keep up with new words and phrases that woke people have coined. Learning new pronouns are absurdly difficult. Anyways, please take good care and keep up the good work!😊 BTW, we learn how to use "whom" but these days, teachers say it is fine to use who in place of whom because native speakers of English use both almost equally. Also, they used to teach us to use 'the' before musical instruments such as "I play the guitar", but again, we don't need to use 'the" in this way because people don't use the definite article.

[@ErickvdK]

Your English is impeccable, unlike a lot of American and British people, hats off to you! 😊

[@kittypigeon]

Your english is pertnear perfect! Love it! Quick note on "anyways vs anyway"......I guess up until recently anyways was considered a non word, however the communists seem to have changed things for the worster because anyways is showing up in word definition books these days.

[@eathangogo9370]

@@kittypigeon Thanks for the great tip! English is such a difficult language to learn mainly because there are sooooooo many words to remember. It has absorbed too many words from different languages! That said, it makes the language very intriguing. 😁

[@eathangogo9370]

@@ErickvdK Thank you!

[@56silvershine]

I appreciate the talks on the "talks channel"

[@NeoThomist-sd1ue]

Sir I find this to be a most important topic, my gratitude truly.

[@garysarratt1]

You need more grammar lessons.

[@NeoThomist-sd1ue]

@ very much!!!

[@CowboyDave1957]

Right on!

[@GlockPerfectionDawg]

Tell us about your diet Hickok! I’ve always wondered what you eat for breakfast and what you like drinking. What you avoid like fried foods or seed oils. You’ll live forever, share where the fountain of youth is!

[@chicagorandy]

It is counter-intuitive yet instant access to all the World's information has somehow left much of humanity dumber and less informed. You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. If you have ever seen the movie "Idiocracy"? It was created as a silly comedy that has turned out to be a documentary.

[@Hickok45Talks]

I need to watch that one. Yep, we've also evolved with the "tin foil hat" thing. After the last several years, we've quit making fun of people's "tin foil hats"; we've come to learn they were right on target in many cases. :-)

[@jurgen362]

In Germany when we were taught how to speak english, all the rules applied. When I finally got to visit Amerika, all the rules of proper english were gone!

[@andrew_brent]

My wife and I always enjoy watching all your channels. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@dB_944]

Why Latin is still relevant and should still be taught in school. The fields of engineering, medicine, and juris prudence still use Latin.

[@LeightonSmithiii]

Awesome, do one on the proper use of “bring or take”!

[@johnk8825]

On my 75th solar lap, that brings back memories from long ago.

[@danmenes3143]

The easiest way I've found to keep track of "who" and "whom" is to mentally replace them with "he" and "him." If "him" works, then "whom" is correct; if "he" works, then "who" is correct. Maybe not everyone's 100% with he/him, but for whatever reason, it's easier to hear which one belongs.

[@MAWA2024]

Ditto! Now if I could just find a method for "a" vs "an". I know the rule, but a lot of times it still sounds wrong.

[@randytrudeau952]

Hey i have a topic to discuss: favorite firearms tv shows and how to watch them. I just recently found out i have the outdoor channel and have been watching Joe Montegna’s Gun Stories. Wow what a great show but there are 12 previous seasons that so far are not easy to find out how to watch. Maybe you and John can talk about your favorite gun tv shows and where to watch them.

[@charliehilbert8427]

"Whom" is pretty much done. Like you said, when in doubt, use "who." Much worse is when people want to sound smart and use "myself" and/or "I" completely incorrectly. I also taught English, not to mention Latin and ESL. "whoever is thirsty" - the whole clause is the object! Good work.

[@charliehilbert8427]

How about the difference between "that" and "which?"

[@thomas-i5o7h]

Way back in the days before I retired, if I had to write something that I knew was going to be read by someone in the office, I always tried to write it in a conversational style. I may have had to make it kind of lengthy if there was something I needed to explain. But no one ever brought it back to me saying they didn't understand it. So I never worried about being technically correct grammar wise.

[@kevinramsey3490]

Thanks for the effort you're doing to let us get knowledge from you.

[@JosephDeLuna-yj8vg]

I'm Retired And I Live To The Hilt!

[@lucindaturk5360]

You Do A Lot More Than Shoot Guns! WOW You are Awesome. Thankyou.

[@garrison3675]

... just keep on talk'n, Hickock45 ... nobody is leaving the room !!

[@jimparker7778]

The poet said, "know thy audience sir" Nuff said

[@mainebigfoothunter7088]

Now you've got my mind spinning. I need to go lie down. Or is it lay down? I require a definition for those two words sometime, please. I enjoy all your content. Thank you for what you do

[@gammalgubbestorstadshoodie9148]

When i was teaching English in Swedish schools my school taught UK English to pupils not US English so anybody that wants to learn US English version needed to visit closest library to find US English version education materials because Swedish schools did not educate US English in Swedish schools so if Hickok45 reads my comments on his KZbin channel and maybe thinks that my US English version gramathics is not accurate Hickok45 knows from now on why i do not write my comments in proper English!

[@centex52]

love all these channels of Hickock, thank you sir!

[@jaxson1948]

Great conversation!

[@news1st]

I always found the use of Whom to be more introspective and personal when making an inquiry. "To Whom do I speak to?” As opposed to Who, being a broader context of an impersonal nature. As in, "Who's the Asshole that left the Toilet Seat up!" Whom is in, Prose or Poetry the Target Rifle, and Who, is the Shotgun

[@philbrown6787]

Your makin us Kentuckians proud, Hickock

[@410mossberg]

Nice grammar lesson. I'm a former English teacher as well. I'm probably one of very few who recognize nominative or objective case errors when people speak. It's funny. I use to find myself correcting students when we were in class. Now, I find that I still do that when I hear someone on TV. Guess I need to let it go. lol Thanks for the lesson.

[@Hickok45Talks]

Yeah, I always notice it, but I never ever correct anybody. As you know, it's bad enough as it is when people know you were an English teacher. :-) I studied it for a long time, as you probably did, but it doesn't mean we're any smarter. I like to remind people that some of the best people I've ever known used incorrect grammar. Any decent car mechanic or first level computer programmer could make me look dumb pretty quickly; it's just a matter of what we choose to study and focus our education on.

[@410mossberg]

@@Hickok45Talks I agree. The most important part of communication is what you say, not how you say it.

[@henniekotze9352]

Combination of fire arms: Rewolver and rifle in 357mag Pistol and carbine in 9mm?

[@nickzivanovic]

Just between you and me, Hickock, my biggest pet peeve is those who say "between you and I" because they think it sounds smart.

[@Hickok45Talks]

That's in the ball park of what I was about to get into in this one but decided I'd do it separately.

[@bartgallant6897]

Excellent!

[@DonTruman]

Appreciate it. I'll just avoid "whom" lol. A similar one I struggle with is whose and who's. I think of 's as possesive but autocorrect often tells me it should be whose where it seems to be possessive.

[@01kilik10]

I enjoyed this video and learned something.

[@iamtheram2288]

Actual phone call in Casey County, KY…The lady of the house answered, “Hello?” …The caller, not recognizing the lady’s voice, asked, “Who is this?” The lady of the house then responded, “TO WHOM do you wish to speak?” “Never mind” replied the caller, “I don’t have any friends who say, ‘TO WHOM’!” - and then the caller simply hung up ! 😂

[@Hickok45Talks]

Good one.

[@alanstrawn732]

Paul Harvey did a bit on the subject of correct placement of prepositions within sentences once on his radio show. He ended it with the following... "In the end, a preposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with." LOL

[@Hickok45Talks]

Yeah, I believe most "real" grammarians have come to agreement that ending sentences with prepositions and splitting infinitives are not really grammatical crimes. :-)

[@kittypigeon]

I LOVE IT!!!!

[@kbjerke]

Great advice, as usual. And be careful of dangling your participles! 🥸 Thank you, Hickok45!! 👍

[@RangeRoninChronicles]

I love grammar! My Grandpa is also loved!

[@christopherorsini9500]

Morning, things to talk about: Talk about you gun collection The new NRA leadership Christmas What calibers to you reload Thanks Hickok

[@tradewisetv2801]

You would be better served focusing on the grammar lessons.

[@timg7627]

@@tradewisetv2801🤣👏

[@Andriig75]

Lol​@@tradewisetv2801

[@bigd3104]

One night an owl said “Whom” instead of who, and my father exclaimed, “Now, that’s a classy owl right there!” 😉

[@billdefelice2550]

Great Channel!! Great Guy !!

[@BilgePump]

Hey the grammar videos, that was my suggestion! I really appreciate them.

[@MMarciniak1]

Hey Hickok, the same grammar problem exists, very commonly, with “myself” and “he/she and I.” Usually, it occurs when the speaker tries to sound more formal to their listeners.

[@kengarrett8657]

Talk about the history of the “compound “

[@mathesonthenosedestroyer2147]

What about a video about bullet casting? Also I have to mention powdercoating because I find that it's not widely talked about. Thanks

[@oberkill1588]

Whom needs to hold the Answers

[@dB_944]

They certainly don’t teach grammar in journalism school.

[@LouieinOhio]

How about life experiences?

[@k5edd128]

Smiling! I tell people who correct my grammar, (My Daughter); Listen I'm a dyslexic high school drop out with a GED, don't expect much. Although my vocabulary is good after 74 years on this earth, my spelling and reading skills are atrocious. I often times write things out longer than they need be, because I don't know the proper use of words like whom are who, when in doubt just phrase it in another way. To whoever this information my concern, listen up... Smiling! 73

[@TOMG12XU]

Cursive writing next, please.

[@stuartpowell449]

Just talk about what's going on with you at the time. It doesn't have to be about guns all the time .

[@doc650adventures]

The grammar police seem to be individuals who have low self esteem and need to criticize and devalue others to provide temporary relief for their personal issues. If the message is sent and received with the proper understanding, that is all that matters.

[@markuswx1322]

I have had to button my lip a couple of times upon encountering these people. I was incorrectly corrected in an online discussion by someone who turned out to be the moderator. She banned me after I replied, “If you want to join the grammar police, you should first be sure you are right.” I have mellowed considerably since then.

[@doc650adventures]

@ Same here.

[@michaelfraser5723]

The John Kennedy shooting and all the weird shootings, including Hunger Ford and Dumb Lane, which disarmed Britain and cost millions. Could be good fun discussing everything about those debacles.

[@MrGratefulEd]

Never use "whom" after "ain't". ;) Thanks for your content!

[@Timothy-ns4qn]

I dunno… but it seems to me your channel is built around firearms. YOU like ‘em and WE like ‘em. I, for one, particularly enjoy the times when you introduce a firearm at the shooting table and give the history surrounding the model - if not the specific weapon in hand. Why not just sit down with a different firearm from time to time and give us a historical account of it. It doesn’t have to be an antique or obsolete, or even popular. Just how it came to be, why it is or isn’t relevant today, anecdotes, etc, etc. Your unembellished, straightforward approach is much appreciated. Hey, just a thought - you asked for suggestions!😅 But heck, you could talk about… ANYTHING and I’d tune in!! Luv your channel!

[@Hickok45Talks]

That might be something I start doing occasionally. The plan was to not shoot or have firearms in these videos at all so that Google would maybe keep their hands off THIS channel totally. :-)

[@mesomachines]

The "Southernism" I don't understand is the use of whenever rather than when. Like "Whenever I broke my trigger finger I had a hard time shooting for a few months"

[@chistophereggers8105]

Love the term gramatic felony.LOL😁

[@llesman2]

What I want to know is who not whom were/are the grammar police that passed these laws of speech?

[@stevejorgensen5274]

I do not always use correct grammar. I don't care. I have a dozen years in teaching at a University. Oh yes we have auto correct. It has changed words. I also have fat fingers. Love your videos.

[@frequentflyer56]

Thank you. This piece should be dedicated to those who . . . . stay at my mamma house. I could give more examples, but then the haters would come gunning for me.

[@baronofgreymatter14]

Nice to watch this talk sippin on some coffee . Very relaxin sir. How about the a topic on ethics/merit and humility

[@CircumlunarFeasibility]

Something to ponder...

[@binderfan436]

I've always figured "whom" should only be used on proclamations and written with calligraphy.

[@41istair]

What seems to be happening more is when a "celebrity" or politician incorrectly uses a word, it encourages their dimmest followers to repeat the same mistake, quickly followed by world-class dictionaries hurrriedly adding that false meaning to their lexicon, suddenly giving it an air of legitimacy. Language and spelling changes over the millennia, and attempting to read a very ancient piece of text can be illuminating but there seems to be a reluctance to inform those of stature that they made a mistake!

[@kitwalker520]

Autocorrupt drifts into - you can’t say that

[@franciskowalsky7574]

H45- I know you done it before but telling a story about old west etc. Wild Bill Hickok, Ok Corral , Bat Masterson etc, etc. Just an idea. You & John Take Care!!!

[@norencenelson8111]

An English teacher wrote a letter to baseball announcer Dizzy Dean, chiding him for his bad grammar on air. She was concerned about setting a bad example for children. His response was, "Ma'am, you larn' them young'ns English and I'll la'rn baseball. They's lotsa folks ain't saying ain't and they ain't eatin'."

[@jeffgavin]

a video on 38 long colt, 38 short colt, 38 S&W, 38-44, 38 special, 38 super police, 38/200 would be great. very confusing

[@jefflink4671]

Ahhh the old dangling participle. I have no idea what it is, as a HS student I remember thinking to myself, this right here is something I really am not going to need to hang my career on. 😊

[@gb123-ej8wh]

I’m not sure I fully got it. Whom is the object and who is the subject? So the young kid at the gun counter who cowboyed my revolver is who or whom?

[@henniekotze9352]

How good is the Berreta 12gage pump action?

[@Drmcclung]

One of my pet peeves would be the misuse of bring/take. Trouble is most Americans these days have such an ego they blow up when you even hint at trying to teach anybody reasonably correct grammar

[@sleeschaefer]

Do a Video on Tennessee. I've come across stories that Tennessee, where freedom is alive, is starting to have some problems with gangs and migrants and Neo-Nazis. As a Tennessee resident, what do you see and hear about this ?

[@mikecude4167]

Let’s talk about: gold/silver bullion, the Bible, cars, economy, etc…

[@Snappo54321]

As a fellow educator, might I humbly suggest that you share any thoughts you have about our present day education system, suitability of curriculum, and if teaching is deployed with an adequate understanding of our students' developmental readiness to learn. 🍎🍎🍎

[@rocksteady13]

Life is good

[@haroldlm64]

Good lesson. When I do try to use it. I use that rule. Does that sound correct? Resort back to who. 😂😂😂😂

[@minersmusclecars]

Honestly on the talks channel..... you love guns and its your hobby, Job etc.... I love cars but sometimes I get tired of talking about them 24 7 with people. It becomes your identity and people see you as that and don't realize theres much more to you. Talk about things from you growing up, like the first gun video you put out today. Tell us more about the family experience etc. See where that takes the topics and maybe it will be like a life story that progresses. But 'whomever' else may not agree with me 😅

[@steveinla8963]

Who would ever be confused by the English language? That was almost as confusing now as it was when my Burmese English teacher, speaking his pigeon english, said it back in 1976. He was a nice enough man, but I couldn't understand anything he said...other than his name. Why does anyone wonder why kids who go to LAUSD can't read, or write?

[@petergonshor5277]

I pretend to know alot, people respect that, I really don't, I guess it's like MSM, who you gonna hurt!!!

[@HebrewHammerArmsCo]

Have you travelled the world? Your perspective on other countries.

[@rickcole2301]

Yes you did. You just confused me totally or totally confused me. However, I do use whom when I'm on the phone and it's ask to whom am I speaking. I don't know if that's right and I don't care LOL

[@Hickok45Talks]

It's correct. Turn it around and you get "I am speaking to whom?" Object of the preposition.

[@aclockworkpeon]

I can tell you, the education system is complete garbage today... so no they aren't teaching grammar or much of anything. The horrible school district I taught at for 14 years banned the teaching of Shakespeare and also prohibited English teachers from assigning speeches. The education system is truly a mess and a lot of that is due to the political activists that are being placed into these schools: on the school boards, in the classroom, and in administration. It's rotten!

[@wayne-oo]

English is a lost art !