[Grammar] I know Who(m) you spoke to or I know to whom you spoke.

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Dinusha

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1.I know Who(m) you spoke to.

2.I know who(m) it was given to.


according to above noun clauses ,Can we move the preposition 'to' before 'whom'?


e.g:1.I know to whom you spoke.

.....2.I know to whom it was given .
 

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Dinusha

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Is this sentence correct?

'We had a discussion about to whom You spoke.'
 

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No. 'We had a discussion about whom you spoke to'.

Dinusha, you are becoming too obsessed with 'whom'. Millions of native speakers go through their entire lives never using the word.
 
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