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Satyre Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Relative pronouns
Which is the correct way to say the following sentence?
...depending on WHO do you ask....
OR
...depending on WHOM do you ask...
Would you care to explain, why ?
...depending on WHO do you ask....
OR
...depending on WHOM do you ask...
Would you care to explain, why ?
Top answer
Hello, Satyre, First, there's no "do" in a reported question, you use the normal word order. Then I'd say the grammatically correct form is " depending on whom you ask", but I think you'll hear the latter more and more. Someone may correct me, though...
- Hello, Satyre, First, there's no "do" in a reported question, you use the normal word order.
- Then I'd say the grammatically correct form is " depending on whom you ask", but I think you'll hear the latter more and more.
- Someone may correct me, though...
- Sorry, I had forgotten the second part of your question.
- Well "who" is a subject form, and "whom" the complement form.
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Hello, Satyre,
First, there's no "do" in a reported question, you use the normal word order.
Then I'd say the grammatically correct form is " depending on whom you ask", but I think you'll hear the latter more and more. Someone may correct me, though...
Sorry, I had forgotten the second part of your question. Well "who" is a subject form, and "whom" the complement form.
First, there's no "do" in a reported question, you use the normal word order.
Then I'd say the grammatically correct form is " depending on whom you ask", but I think you'll hear the latter more and more. Someone may correct me, though...
Sorry, I had forgotten the second part of your question. Well "who" is a subject form, and "whom" the complement form.
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Thank you.
I always hear people on TV, including major network TV anchors, using WHO instead of WHOM.. I use "Whom", but they are confusing me.
As a conjunction, "WHO" is a subjective pronoun and "WHOM" is an objective pronoun. That is not what I asked. In some cases identifying the subject and the object is a problem for me hence the question.
I always hear people on TV, including major network TV anchors, using WHO instead of WHOM.. I use "Whom", but they are confusing me.
As a conjunction, "WHO" is a subjective pronoun and "WHOM" is an objective pronoun. That is not what I asked. In some cases identifying the subject and the object is a problem for me hence the question.
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"Who" is not a conjunction. It's a relative/interrogative pronoun (it always replaces a person) Identifying the subject answers the question "WHO does (what)?"
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