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Sisse Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Plaing of præpoaition

Should I write:

"To whom does this umbrella belong?

or

"Whom does this umbrella belong to?"

Hope you can help me

sisse
  

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" -- but that will make you sound very stuffy and is no longer really used. Even though "whom" is correct in your second example, it's just about never used at the start of a sentence -- almost always you'll hear the ungrammatical "Who" when you have the "to" at the end. " (Your subject line should be "Placing of prepositions")

— BarbaraPA

  • " -- but that will make you sound very stuffy and is no longer really used.
  • Even though "whom" is correct in your second example, it's just about never used at the start of a sentence -- almost always you'll hear the ungrammatical "Who" when you have the "to" at the end.
  • " (Your subject line should be "Placing of prepositions")
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Hello Sisse,

The people who are the most picky will tell you to use "To whom..." -- but that will make you sound very stuffy and is no longer really used.

Even though "whom" is correct in your second example, it's just about never used at the start of a sentence -- almost always you'll hear the ungrammatical "Who" when you have the "to" at the end.

What you're most likel
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Whom is alive and well at the start of sentences in educated writing, as some of these examples at the New York Times show:

http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=%22Whom+does+this%22&srchst=nyt

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