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Is this sentence written correctly, specifically in the right word order?

I wonder whose car this is.
Can you tell me whose car this is?
Do you know that car belongs to who?
That car belongs to who?
To who that car belongs?

Are the last correct? How could they be written in a direct sentence?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

AnonymousIs this sentence written correctly, specifically in the right word order?

These are:

AnonymousI wonder whose car this is.Can you tell me whose car this is?

But the others are not.

Do you know who that car belongs to?
That car belongs to whom?
To whom does that car belong?

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you. Isn't who and whom interchangeable now a days? Or only in conversations and casual writing but not formal writing?

Would it be possible to say:
Do you know to who that car belongs?
Do you know to whom that car belongs?
That car belongs to who? Instead of whom.
To who does that car belong? Instead of whom.

Mister Micawber · Answer

Anonymous. Isn't who and whom interchangeable now a days?

Not quite. 'Who' as an object pronoun remains less formal. 'Whom' can never be used as a subject pronoun. These are acceptable:

Who does that car belong to?
To whom does that car belong?

This is not generally acceptable because it mixes formats:

Whom does that car belong to?

As for yours:

Do you know to who that car belongs? - No
Do you know to whom that car belongs? - Yes
That car belongs to who? - No
To who does that car belong? - No

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