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Sunsail Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
According to whom?
Hello,
You have people with answers
According to Billy answer is X
According to Jane answer is Y
According to John answer is Z
According to Mary answer is X
And you want to ask a question so that you can get people to find whose answer is X.And you say
"According to whom is the answer X? according to Billy or Mary or John"
is there any problem in asking like this?
Best Regards
You have people with answers
According to Billy answer is X
According to Jane answer is Y
According to John answer is Z
According to Mary answer is X
And you want to ask a question so that you can get people to find whose answer is X.And you say
"According to whom is the answer X? according to Billy or Mary or John"
is there any problem in asking like this?
Best Regards
Top answer
It should be "According to Billy, the answer is X . " is possible, but in everyday English it would be much more usual to say "Who says/thinks/etc. ".
- It should be "According to Billy, the answer is X .
- " is possible, but in everyday English it would be much more usual to say "Who says/thinks/etc.
- ".
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It should be "According to Billy, the answer is X."
"According to whom is the answer X?" is possible, but in everyday English it would be much more usual to say "Who says/thinks/etc. (that) the answer is X?".
"According to whom is the answer X?" is possible, but in everyday English it would be much more usual to say "Who says/thinks/etc. (that) the answer is X?".
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