The Office (TV Series)

Money (2007)

B.J. Novak: Ryan Howard

Quotes 

• [In the conference room, the office workers are discussing the correct use of 'whoever' vs. 'whomever'] 

  Kevin Malone : I know what's right, but I'm not gonna say because you're all jerks who didn't come see my band last night.

  Ryan Howard : Do you really know which one is correct?

  Kevin Malone : I don't know.

  Pam Beesly : It's 'whom' when it's the object of the sentence and 'who' when it's the subject.

  Phyllis Lapin : That sounds right.

  Michael Scott : Well, it sounds right, but is it?

  Stanley : How did Ryan use it, as an object?

  Ryan Howard : As an object.

  Kelly Kapoor : Ryan used *me* as an object.

  Stanley : Is he right about that...?

  Pam Beesly : How did he use it again?

  Toby Flenderson : It was... Ryan wanted Michael, the subject, to explain the computer system, the object...

  Michael Scott : Thank you!

  Toby Flenderson : ...to whomever, meaning us, the indirect object... which is the correct usage of the word.

  Michael Scott : No one asked you anything ever, so whomever's name is Toby, why don't you take a letter opener and stick it into your skull.

• Ryan Howard : What I really want, honestly, Michael, is for you to know it so that you can communicate it to the people here, to your clients, to whomever.

  Michael Scott : [chuckles]  Okay.

  Ryan Howard : What?

  Michael Scott : It's 'whoever', not 'whomever'.

  Ryan Howard : No, it's 'whomever'.

  Michael Scott : No, 'whomever' is never actually right.

  Jim Halpert : Well, sometimes it's right.

  Creed Bratton : Michael is right. It's a made-up word used to trick students.

  Andy Bernard : No. Actually, 'whomever' is the formal version of the word.

  Oscar Martinez : Obviously it's a real word, but I don't know when to use it correctly.

  Michael Scott : [to camera]  Not a native speaker.

  Kevin Malone : I know what's right, but I'm not gonna say because you're all jerks who didn't come see my band last night.