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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
having problems with 'who' and 'send'
Hello! I'm having problems with the following sentence:
It seems as if you're having problems remembering who you've sent a letter to and who not.
I can't understand whether I should use 'to' after 'letter' here or not. And the second problem is the end of the sentence - 'and who not'. Can someone enlighten me on this?
It seems as if you're having problems remembering who you've sent a letter to and who not.
I can't understand whether I should use 'to' after 'letter' here or not. And the second problem is the end of the sentence - 'and who not'. Can someone enlighten me on this?
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Hello Anon In British English it would be more usual to add "to" after "letter". You can think of it as follows: 1. To whom have I sent a letter?
- Hello Anon In British English it would be more usual to add "to" after "letter".
- You can think of it as follows: 1.
- To whom have I sent a letter?
- I can't remember => 1a.
- I can't remember to whom I have sent a letter => 1b.
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Hello Anon
In British English it would be more usual to add "to" after "letter". You can think of it as follows:
1. To whom have I sent a letter? I can't remember =>
1a. I can't remember to whom I have sent a letter =>
1b. I can't remember who I have sent a letter to.
The "who not" at the end is an ellipsis:
2.
In British English it would be more usual to add "to" after "letter". You can think of it as follows:
1. To whom have I sent a letter? I can't remember =>
1a. I can't remember to whom I have sent a letter =>
1b. I can't remember who I have sent a letter to.
The "who not" at the end is an ellipsis:
2.
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