For whom are you writing...?

Question

For whom are you writing this Personal Narrative? Does this mean, whom do you want to read(audience)  your Personal Narrative? I doubt that it also means instead of whom you are writing this Personal Narrative.I am quite confused!! If the question- formation is not correct please suggest how it should be phrased. Thanks in advance!!

Doll · Accepted Answer

Let me try

I could change it into whom you are writing this personal narrative for?but I don't know which one will sound better.

As for the meaning, it means , yes, who will be the reader(s). It may be your teacher(s) or your reader(s).

Marius Hancu · Answer

>Does this mean, who do you want to read your Personal Narrative?

Yes

Allwynglad · Answer

But, the question can also be answered as given below:

"For whom are you writing this Personal Narrative?
As my brother is not feeling good I am writing this for him."
Am I right?

Consider this question also.
To whom are you writing this Personal Narrative?

What does this mean?

In what way is this different from the former question?

Thanks in advance.

CalifJim · Answer

For whom are you writing this personal narrative?

I'm assuming that a personal narrative is a narrative/story/list of deeds about some particular person.

The question is ambiguous, as is the declarative statement it comes from:

I am writing this personal narrative for John.

The ambiguity lies in the word for. The sentence can mean:
1. I am writing it to tell John's narrative.
2. I am writing it as a favor to John, who himself should be writing it.
3. I am writing it to tell my own narrative, but I'll be giving it to John.

and perhaps others I haven't thought of.

So the question may be asking one of these (or others).

Whose narrative are you writing?
As a favor to whom are you writing it?
Instead of whom are you writing it?
For whose benefit are you writing it?
To give/show to whom are you writing it?

But without any more to go on, I agree with your first interpretation and Marius's that the question is asking about the audience that will read the narrative.

CJ

For whom are you writing...?

Top answer

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

Related Questions