which correct to say :?

Question

Help me this :

1 ) Who are you talking to ?

2) Whom are you talking to ?

3) To whom are you talking ?

4) To who ae you talking ?


I could see these four usuage in many books

My question is : 1) All these are correct ?
2) Which are correct ? or which one is correct ?
3) Is there any other ususage similar to this ?

Amid many of correct or incorrect answer, my friend send me this :

Disputed usage: Who are you talking to?
Disputed usage: Whom are you talking to?
Undisputed usage: To whom are you talking?
Disputed usage: To who are you talking?

SO I doubt can we use Disputed usages or ?

Help me to find correct answer

Answer 1

2 and 3 are grammatically correct, as "whom" is the objective case of "who." Though 1 is correct in a different way, because who is a pronoun in that case.

To put it more clearly, you use "whom" when they are having something done to them...you are talking TO them.

Who is more of a replacement for a person's name(pronoun)..a subject in a sentence. As in, "Who ran to the store?" They are the one doing something, so it is who.

If they are receiving action, it is whom..."You kicked whom?"

And by the way, in "schools these days," we teach them the correct, proper English way to use who and whom. (see above) ;)

Answer 2

2

Answer 3

I believe, #s 1 and 2 (above) are the correct way of saying it:
1) Who are you talking to?
2) Whom are you talking to?

I'm not quite sure about #s 3 and 4.

You're right, there are a lot of books who use all four different ways of communicating the message, but some of them might mean it in a different way so that way you'll see the message in a different light.

Answer 4

1 & 3

Answer 5

In casual conversation, (1) would be considered OK.

To be absolutely correct, (3) is the best grammar.

(2) is a less formal version of (3)

(4) is incorrect.

You use "whom" as the object of the action. In this case, "whom" is receiving the action of talking.

Answer 6

To whom are you talking is the only correct statement.
The first two end in a preposition, making them incorrect grammar.
Whom is correct when used in a statement or question following the preposition: to.
An actual better question would be: To whom are you speaking.
Since we are discussing grammar, the forth option is incorrect for two reasons. The first being the aforementioned who/whom rule. The second being the word ae does not exist in the English language.

Answer 7

Intuitively, I'll answer this, because I fancy myself quite the grammarian.

Let's go through them one by one.

1) This is incorrect because the question ends with a preposition, specifically "to." The usage is widely accepted nowadays, especially in colloquial speech, but not technically acceptable.

2) See #1.

3) Correct answer!

4) Incorrect indirect object. (The indirect object, in this case, is "who.") Since it is an indirect object, rather than a subject, it must be "whom," not "who."

Hope I helped!

P.S. Gosh, it's ridiculous - I mean RIDICULOUS - how many people answered this question incorrectly!! PLEASE don't listen to sources without any information to back them up. People just don't speak or write correctly nowadays.

Jeez.

Answer 8

1 and 3 are correct

Answer 9

1 & 3 are correct

Answer 10

The correct form, in British English, would be 'To whom are you talking to ?'
In spoken English [especially in the US !]. all the 4 forms that you list are used !
Usually, these colloquial words (spoken by various characters in a book) are given within quotes, and are permissible for giving readers an impression about that character's nationality, education, and social background !