Hi, If you consider the following sentence,
The man whom he most admires will be here tonight.
Here "whom" is relative pronoun.
"He most admires Raju". We can ask question like "who does he most
admires?". But "whom does he most admires?" is wrong.
The confusion comes because in the given sentence "Raju" is object. So
I thought to replace with the relative pronoun used for the person in the
possessive case. But it is wrong.
Best Regards
Mariappan
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:11 PM, mariappan balraj <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Anu, Thanks Anu. But I am not able to figure out why
> those sentences are wrong.
>
> Best Regards
> Mariappan
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:33 PM, anurag barthwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Marriapan,
>>
>> Sorry for the delay. I'd asked Lilian to answer your questions, and I was
>> surprised when I saw that she didn't.
>> I was away, to my home-town for some time.
>>
>> 1) Whom shall I give this to? (*wrong*)
>>
>>
>> 2) Whom do you believe did this? (*wrong*)
>>
>>
>> 3) Whom are you speaking?(*wrong*)
>> Who are you speaking? (*wrong*)
>>
>> Who are you speaking to? (*correct*)
>>
>> 4) Whom do you think they are? (*wrong*)
>>
>>
>> 5) What do you consider in the right? (*wrong*)
>>
>>
>> 6) Whom, do you consider, is right? (*wrong*)
>>
>>
>> 7) Whom did you speak to? (*wrong*)
>>
>>
>> 8) Whom is that for? (*wrong*)
>>
>> Who is that for? (*wrong*)
>>
>> What is that for? (*correct*)
>>
>> [When you say, "What is that for?", there is an object you are seeing or
>> thinking about, and you want to know what it is for.
>>
>> For example : You enter your friend's workshop. You see a weird looking
>> tool there. As you are curious, you ask your friend, pointing towards the
>> tool,
>>
>> "What is that for?" ]
>>
>>
>>
>> 9) What did they fight each other for?
>>
>> [Suppose, 2 persons were fighting. The fight has ended now. You are
>> inquiring the eye witnesses, what they were fighting for. ]
>> 10) Whom am I speaking to, please? (*wrong*)
>> *
>> regards
>> anu*
>>
>>
>>
>> >>
>>
>
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