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Untaught88

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Hi,

......... did you speak to?
A) who
B) whom
 

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The vast majority of speakers and writers would use A. Your teacher may believe they are all wrong and that only B​ is correct.
 

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If you want to use "whom", I suspect you will need to rearrange your question to "To whom did you speak?". This is of course very unnatural in speech but perhaps acceptable in writing.
 

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Also some teachers think ending a sentence with a preposition is just wrong. You might want to check with your teacher to see what he/she prefers.
 

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You should do your best to avoid such teachers.
 

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In fact, they are the sort of teacher up with which one should not put.
 
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