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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Of whom, About whom are you speaking?

Of whom are you speaking?

or About whom are you speaking?

Which one is correct in the following contexts:

1) She was very tall, but very sweet.

Of whom or About whom...?

2) Your friend sold me drugs!

Of whom or About whom...?
  

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Do you want to know which responses comport with the accept grammartical standards, or would you like to know what a native would say?
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Those expressions seem so strange I wouldn't even understand them. Is that archaic English? I've never learned anything about it...
Here's some answers I would say:

1) She was very tall, but very sweet.
Who?
Who are you talking about?

2) Your friend sold me drugs!
Oh, do you have any left?
Who?
Who did that?
Who are you talking about?
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If you wish to fit in with other people and accept them as approximate equals and have them accept you as an approximate equal, say:
Who are you talking about?
If you wish to set yourself above others and risk their laughter behind your back, say:
About whom are you speaking?
If you wish to set yourself very much above others and condescend to them as if to unciviliz
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