The apprentice
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- Sep 4, 2013
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Spanish
- Home Country
- Dominican Republic
- Current Location
- Dominican Republic
Dear teachers and members:
Some grammarians advise not to end a sentence with a preposition; I am still not quite sure about it. But the more I learn and get into grammar, the less I take this rule for granted; I consider it a myth.
Even though I know a sentence can be ended or always be accompanied with a preposition when in some cases the subject pronoun WHO is used in place of WHOM. I am confused about ending a sentence with a preposition when using the object pronoun WHOM. It seems to me that in the case of WHOM it is ungrammatical to end a sentence with a preposition, but I have seen it used with a preposition frecuently. For example:
a:
1) I need someone to whom I can speak.
2) I need someone who I can speak to.
3) I need someone whom I can speak to.
b:
4) This is the man with whom I work.
5) This is the man who I work with.
6) This is the man whom I work with.
OBSERVANCE:
I have never seen a question end with a preposition when WHOM is used.
c:
7) To whom do you support?
8) Who do you support to?
9) Whom do you support to?
QUESTION:
Which of these sentences is/are not correct or which of them can be interchanged each other?
Your help or assistance will be deeply appreciate it
Some grammarians advise not to end a sentence with a preposition; I am still not quite sure about it. But the more I learn and get into grammar, the less I take this rule for granted; I consider it a myth.
Even though I know a sentence can be ended or always be accompanied with a preposition when in some cases the subject pronoun WHO is used in place of WHOM. I am confused about ending a sentence with a preposition when using the object pronoun WHOM. It seems to me that in the case of WHOM it is ungrammatical to end a sentence with a preposition, but I have seen it used with a preposition frecuently. For example:
a:
1) I need someone to whom I can speak.
2) I need someone who I can speak to.
3) I need someone whom I can speak to.
b:
4) This is the man with whom I work.
5) This is the man who I work with.
6) This is the man whom I work with.
OBSERVANCE:
I have never seen a question end with a preposition when WHOM is used.
c:
7) To whom do you support?
8) Who do you support to?
9) Whom do you support to?
QUESTION:
Which of these sentences is/are not correct or which of them can be interchanged each other?
Your help or assistance will be deeply appreciate it
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