[Grammar] formal confusion

[Checkmate]

My friend hadn't gotten his book from someone and then my english teacher asked:

"You gave the book to whom?"

I think it was incorrect because the right question should be:

"To whom you gave the book?"

or

"Who did you give the book to?"

Was my teacher wrong?

 

[Matthew Wai]

"To whom you gave the book?"

'To whom did you give the book?' should be correct.

Not a teacher.

 

[Checkmate]

'To whom did you give the book?' should be correct.

Not a teacher.

So, "To whom you gave the book" should be "To whom did you give the book" and my teacher was wrong, right?

 

[bhaisahab]

So, "To whom you gave the book" should be "To whom did you give the book" and my teacher was wrong, right?

No, your teacher wasn't wrong. This is perfectly correct: "You gave the book to whom?"

 

[Checkmate]

Solved

 

[Tdol]

Please don't close threads- other people may have point to make and a forum is a public area for discussions. They will close automatically after a while.

 

[emsr2d2]

When asking for clarification, the original question would be perfectly fine but as a standalone question, it is incorrectly structured. We do not, as a general rule, make a question by using a statement and simply putting a question mark at the end.

Dialogue 1
Teacher: Where is your book?
Student: I gave it to Martin.
Teacher: You gave it to whom?
Student: I gave it to Martin.
Teacher: Ah, that makes sense. I thought you said you gave it to a Martian!

Dialogue 2
Teacher: Where is your book?
Student: I haven't got it with me. I gave it to someone.
Teacher: Who did you give it to?
or
Teacher: To whom did you give it?

"You gave it to whom?" does not work in Dialogue 2.

 

[Checkmate]

When asking for clarification, the original question would be perfectly fine but as a standalone question, it is incorrectly structured. We do not, as a general rule, make a question by using a statement and simply putting a question mark at the end.

Dialogue 1
Teacher: Where is your book?
Student: I gave it to Martin.
Teacher: You gave it to whom?
Student: I gave it to Martin.
Teacher: Ah, that makes sense. I thought you said you gave it to a Martian!

Dialogue 2
Teacher: Where is your book?
Student: I haven't got it with me. I gave it to someone.
Teacher: Who did you give it to?
or
Teacher: To whom did you give it?

"You gave it to whom?" does not work in Dialogue 2.

Would it be wrong if I use "You gave it to whom?" in Dialogue 2 even it doesn't work like that