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"Who are you talking to""whom are you talking to""Who are you working with""Who are you working with"Which one(s) are correct? Can we use preposition at the end of a "whom"question sentence? Thanks.

Pieanne · Accepted Answer

Normally, it should be "whom", since it's in the object form.

Dee_Absolutness · Answer

The pronoun who is used as a subject in a sentence, while the pronoun whom is used as an object in a sentence.

Example of using the word who in a sentence:
1. Who is at the door?
2. Who is that over there?
To check yourself, just answer the question using he for the pronoun who. Example: He is at the door, He is my friend.

Example of using the word whom in a sentence:
1. Whom did the students select?
2. Whom did they call?
To check yourself, just answer the question using him for the pronoun whom. Example: The students selected him, they called him.

So, in your case, you should use whom in those sentences: "Whom are you talking to? Whom are you working with?" However, whom is not widely used in English everyday conversation today. Usually we just use who: "Who are you talking to? Who are you working with?"
So my point is, it is okay to use both

Cheers!

Marius Hancu · Answer

make a search (top right Search box) with
who whom
and you will have enough good threads to read.

Pieanne · Answer

Everytime you replace "who/m" with "him", then it's "whom".

But it's true "who" is getting omnipresent

Ville_maddengurl · Answer

0I still can't understand the difference between 'who' and 'whom' . Could you give more examples ?02br
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00Thanks.0-

Kooyeen · Answer

0 Hi Merve,02br
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01i01b00Who02b02i00 is subject, 01i01b00whom02b02i00 is object.02br
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01i01b00Who is asking a question?02b00 02i00 (in this case, 01u01font01b01i00Who02i02b02font02u00 is the 01u01font00subject02font02u00 ------- 01font00Who02font00 is asking? 01font00You02font00 are asking a question)02br
01b01i00Whom did you meet?02i02b00 (in this case, 01u01font01b01i00Whom02i02b02font02u00 is the 01u01font00object02font02u00, and the 01u01font00subject02font02u00 is 01i01u01font00you02font02u02i00 ------- 01font00Whom02font00 did 01font00you02font00 meet? 01font00You02font00 met 01font00(whom)02font00, 01font00you02font00 met 01font00me, him, them02font00)02br
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00 In modern English "whom" is rarely used, so people just say 01i00"Who did you meet?"02br
02i00Anyway, I think that if you move a preposition from the end to the beginning of a sentence, you need to use "whom":02br
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00 Who does the bell toll for?02br
00 I don't know who the bell tolls for.02br
00 I don't know for who the bell tolls. <------- I don't think this version is possible02br
00I don't know for whom the bell tolls. <---- This should be ok though ("For whom the bell tolls", also a song by Metallica 05000)010id4

Ville_maddengurl · Answer

0Thank you ,Kooyeen; I totally understood ... 0-

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