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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Cases with "with which" and "with whom"
Hi. Please tell me what you think of the comments I made in relation to the examples I gave.
example sentences:
1) I like things he writes with.
2) I like the person he gave his present to.
I feel/think the first sentence has the ellipted pronoun "that," so what could be another correct version is "I like things that he writes with." A former version of this sentence could be "I like things with which he write." So, I feel/think, the words "that" and "which" can be treated as ones that can replace one another in this type of substituting.
But, I feel/think that wouldn't be true for the type of no. 2. where a person, instead of a thing, is an object of what is being refer to and thus what could be another version of this sentence is "I like the person that he gave his present" and a formal version of the sentence could be "I like the person to whom he gave his present."
example sentences:
1) I like things he writes with.
2) I like the person he gave his present to.
I feel/think the first sentence has the ellipted pronoun "that," so what could be another correct version is "I like things that he writes with." A former version of this sentence could be "I like things with which he write." So, I feel/think, the words "that" and "which" can be treated as ones that can replace one another in this type of substituting.
But, I feel/think that wouldn't be true for the type of no. 2. where a person, instead of a thing, is an object of what is being refer to and thus what could be another version of this sentence is "I like the person that he gave his present" and a formal version of the sentence could be "I like the person to whom he gave his present."
Top answer
"] This is not grammatically correct as with is a preposition and it should not end a sentence. "] is more correct when regarding prepositions. Your comments on the second sentence, however, sound correct.
- "] This is not grammatically correct as with is a preposition and it should not end a sentence.
- "] is more correct when regarding prepositions.
- Your comments on the second sentence, however, sound correct.
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In your response you have stated that: [another correct version is "I like things that he writes with."] This is not grammatically correct as with is a preposition and it should not end a sentence. The sentence ["I like things with which he writes."] is more correct when regarding prepositions. Your comments on the second sentence, however, sound correct.
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