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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MatthewJHanson" data-source="post: 4598994" data-attributes="member: 13968">I realize that in the grand scheme of thing this is a trivial issue. That beings said...I don't think it would be that hard to be offended. The message is a hair's width away from saying, "you're stupid," and could easily be interpreted that way (though I know you're actually calling the acronym stupid). Most people I know get offended when they are called stupid. (Also it makes your apology sound less sincere if you suggest the people you are apologizing to seek professional help.That's fair, but I look at it this way: we not only gather around a table to pretend to be elves, dwarves, and dragon-people, we sit in front of our computers and type others we've never met about pretending to be elves, dwarves, and dragon-people. Who am I to judge?I think I've said my piece, and I doubt anything else I can say will convince you, so this will probably be my last post. My one last plea will be to take some responsibility for it. Instead of a pronouncement from beyond, you could change the mouse over to say, "Morrus thinks this is a stupid acronym," so it's clear that this is just your opinion.When it comes to grammar, I tend to be a <a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/descriptive-grammar.html" target="_blank">descriptivist</a>, especially in a informal setting like this. But yes for all of you prescriptivist out their, it should be "whomever." (And early in the post it should have been "the people to whom you are apologizing.")</blockquote>

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