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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Could you answer my question?

My teacher said the following two sentences are grammatically correct.

'I want to know whom you love'
'I want to know which you love'

And he said the sentence below is grammatically wrong.

'I will like whom you love'

I do not know what the difference between 'know' and 'like' is.

I think that my teacher made a mistake trying to explain that 'I will like who you love' is grammatically wrong.

Did my teacher make a mistake?

And what is the grammatically correct answer in 'I will like [whom, whoever] you love'?

This makes me confused all day.

Thank you so much for your kindly answer in advance and I hope that I don't bother you too much

  

Top answer

Anonymous 'I want to know whom you love' Formally correct, but "whom" is a bit stilted in everyday English. People would normally use "who". Anonymous 'I want to know which you love' Possible for inanimate things.

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  • Anonymous 'I want to know whom you love' Formally correct, but "whom" is a bit stilted in everyday English.
  • People would normally use "who".
  • Anonymous 'I want to know which you love' Possible for inanimate things.
  • Anonymous 'I will like whom you love' 'I will like who you love' Grammatically correct (with same "whom"/"who" distinction), but seems unusual or contrived.
  • Not a good sentence to use as an example of "whom"/ "who" usage.
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Anonymous'I want to know whom you love'

Formally correct, but "whom" is a bit stilted in everyday English. People would normally use "who".

Anonymous'I want to know which you love'

Possible for inanimate things.

Anonymous'I will like whom you love'
'I will like who you love'
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