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Eeelearner Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Correct or not?
Hi, are the following two sentences grammatically correct or not?
1. Who does not like who? (In response to e.g. someone mumbling this person does not like that person).
Should it be whom at the end?
2. More importantly did Tom manage to defeat John by using his powerful serve, which is world famous, to overpower his opponent.
Is this an independent clause or should it be without "did", just "Tom managed".
1. Who does not like who? (In response to e.g. someone mumbling this person does not like that person).
Should it be whom at the end?
2. More importantly did Tom manage to defeat John by using his powerful serve, which is world famous, to overpower his opponent.
Is this an independent clause or should it be without "did", just "Tom managed".
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Hi and welcome to English forums. 1. Strictly, yes, but you will very rarely hear this.
- Hi and welcome to English forums.
- 1.
- Strictly, yes, but you will very rarely hear this.
- We tend to use "whom" only when it comes right after a preposition.
- 2.
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Hi and welcome to English forums.
1. Strictly, yes, but you will very rarely hear this. We tend to use "whom" only when it comes right after a preposition.
2. This a question: Did Tom defeat John? This is a statement: Tom manged to defeat John.
Which one did you mean?
(If you make it a question, it's an odd one. Tom may have won, but through means other tha
1. Strictly, yes, but you will very rarely hear this. We tend to use "whom" only when it comes right after a preposition.
2. This a question: Did Tom defeat John? This is a statement: Tom manged to defeat John.
Which one did you mean?
(If you make it a question, it's an odd one. Tom may have won, but through means other tha
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1. So who is better than whom or vice versa?
2. I meant it to be a statement - I have read quite a few sentences like this, intended as statements, but have never been sure if they are grammatically incorrect.
Thanks for the help.
2. I meant it to be a statement - I have read quite a few sentences like this, intended as statements, but have never been sure if they are grammatically incorrect.
Thanks for the help.
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Who is more natural than whom.
Whom is the better choice if you will be writing this for an English professor. For anyone else, I recommend who.
If it is a statement, then you cannot have "Did Tom manage..." It must be "Tom managed to ..."
Whom is the better choice if you will be writing this for an English professor. For anyone else, I recommend who.
If it is a statement, then you cannot have "Did Tom manage..." It must be "Tom managed to ..."
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