Sahil Dhankhar
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- Jul 18, 2014
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- Student or Learner
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- Hindi
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- India
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- India
Whom/To whom do I teach?
I think that to get the answer of this question, we should try to write it as a normal sentence instead of interrogative one.
So I could write the declarative sentence of the above interrogative sentence as :- I teach XYZ. As there is no need of writing preposition "to", I believe that "Whom do I teach?" is ONLY right.
Similarly
Whom/To whom is the letter addressed?
The declarative sentence of the above interrogative sentence could be written as :- The letter is addressed to XYZ.
So, I believe, that "to" preposition MUST be used in the interrogative sentence. However its position may be different as follows.
1:- To whom is the letter addressed?
or
2:- Whom is the letter addressed to?
But if I remember correctly, if the preposition is separated from "whom" then whom turns into "who.....+ preposition in the last". Therefore sentence no 2 should be written as:-
3:-Who is the letter addressed to?
Please tell me upto what extent am I right.
I think that to get the answer of this question, we should try to write it as a normal sentence instead of interrogative one.
So I could write the declarative sentence of the above interrogative sentence as :- I teach XYZ. As there is no need of writing preposition "to", I believe that "Whom do I teach?" is ONLY right.
Similarly
Whom/To whom is the letter addressed?
The declarative sentence of the above interrogative sentence could be written as :- The letter is addressed to XYZ.
So, I believe, that "to" preposition MUST be used in the interrogative sentence. However its position may be different as follows.
1:- To whom is the letter addressed?
or
2:- Whom is the letter addressed to?
But if I remember correctly, if the preposition is separated from "whom" then whom turns into "who.....+ preposition in the last". Therefore sentence no 2 should be written as:-
3:-Who is the letter addressed to?
Please tell me upto what extent am I right.