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Lucas21c Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
who/whom
Is "That is the man about who we talked yesterday" right? Or, should it be "That is the man about whom we talked yesterday?"
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Formally it should be "about whom". However, conversationally most people would say "That's the man (who/that) we talked / were talking about yesterday".
- Formally it should be "about whom".
- However, conversationally most people would say "That's the man (who/that) we talked / were talking about yesterday".
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Formally it should be "about whom". However, conversationally most people would say "That's the man (who/that) we talked / were talking about yesterday".
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Then, how about "That's the man about who we talked yesterday?" Is 'about who' very awkward or wrong in the sentence?
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lucas21cThen, how about "That's the man about who we talked yesterday?" Is 'about who' very awkward or wrong in the sentence?"who" for "whom" sounds more wrong following a preposition than in many other cases. However, the pattern as a whole, irrespective of "who/whom", seems rather formal (and in this specific case even a bit awkward), so it is not a sentenc
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