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Shashi Tharoor made a simple grammatical mistake while tweeting on Monday. He used the word "whom" when he should have used "who". 

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The trouble is, considering the very high standards we hold Tharoor to (as does Tharoor himself), one could say he isn't really allowed to make simple grammatical mistakes. 

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Suhel Seth was the first to pounce:  

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And the twitterati -- starting with Adnan Sami -- would not stop after that:  

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Although, to be honest, the jokes cut both ways:  

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Tharoor, as we have come to expect (please refer to line 2), took it well: 

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As did Seth: 

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