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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
who and whom: Function of formal vs. informal
Hi,
Once, I did the google book search and seemed to have found there are more instances of the use of "who" than "whom" for the like of phrase patterns as below. Isn't the use of "whom" more formal? Why is that? Aren't books the places to use formal language?
I don't remember the exact wording (phrases?) I used to do the search but something like these:
... don't know who (whom??) to turn to
... don't know who to give this to
Once, I did the google book search and seemed to have found there are more instances of the use of "who" than "whom" for the like of phrase patterns as below. Isn't the use of "whom" more formal? Why is that? Aren't books the places to use formal language?
I don't remember the exact wording (phrases?) I used to do the search but something like these:
... don't know who (whom??) to turn to
... don't know who to give this to
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e. where the preposition is separated from the pronoun). I don't know to whom to turn still requires the formal whom .
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- where the preposition is separated from the pronoun).
- I don't know to whom to turn still requires the formal whom .
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Yes, whom is being replaced by who in these situations (i.e. where the preposition is separated from the pronoun). I don't know to whom to turn still requires the formal whom.
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Yes, whom is being replaced by who in these situations (i.e. where the preposition is separated from the pronoun). I don't know to whom to turn still requires the formal whom.
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