Which form is more acceptable?

Question

Are both ways acceptable:

"Whom would you vote for?" and

"For whom would you vote?"

Are they?

What about:

"Which State do you like?" and

"In which State do you live?"

?

Can I use both or only the first ones?

Tnx in antecipation!


Ie - B r a z i l

Answer 1

I think "Whom would you vote for?" sounds rather strange because "whom" is formal, and ending a sentence with for is coloquial. "Who would you vote for?" sounds better.

"For who(m) would you vote?" are both ok, the version with whom is more formal.

the two about states are ok.

Answer 2

The most formal, correct English would be "For whom would you vote?"
In normal conversation, you would hear "Who would you vote for?" The distinction between 'who' and 'whom' is being lost in English, and 'who' is being used in almost all cases. In not too many more years, 'whom' will likely disappear.

For the next two about states, both are correct for both formal writing/speaking and normal conversation. Also, 'State" would not be capitalized when used this way - it is just the noun, not part of a name.

Answer 3

Whom and who are a big problem.

WHO is only for subjects.
Who would you vote for? is acceptable, but since it IS a part of the prepositional phrase For WHOM....whom would be better. The second sentence is most grammatically correct.
WHO can be used as
Who would you prefer in the election?


Which is correctly used in both questions presented.

Answer 4

Sounds great!

Answer 5

The term "more acceptable" is not acceptable.