Question words / Open questions (Unit 10)

[Fathi]

Banana absorb all light then reflect yellow color only because of Allah`s well.

[Paramita]

Who is the handsome man?
What does she mean?
Which one: smaller or bigger?
Where do you want to go?
When is your brithday?
Why are you sad?
Whose is the purple phone?
How do you make this cake?

[Deliya]

When do we employ 'whom'?

[Beeesneees]

There’s a continuing debate in English usage about when you should use who and when to use whom. According to the rules of formal grammar, who should be used in the subject position in a sentence, while whom should be used in the object position, and also after a preposition. For example:

Who made this decision? [here, who is the subject of the sentence]
Whom do you think we should support? [here, whom is the object of support]
To whom do you wish to speak? [here, whom is following the preposition to]

Some people do still follow these rules but there are many more who never use whom at all. The normal practice in current English is to use who in all contexts, i.e.:

Who do you think we should support?
Who do you wish to speak to?

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[Alan]

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Hi Deliya,

Although technically 'who' is subject and 'whom' is object, in ordinary speech the 'm' tends to get lost or disappear. It is most commonly used and heard when this relative pronoun is in a stressed position immediately after a preposition as in: From whom did you get that letter?

Alan
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[Kati Svaby]

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Hello Bez,

Merry Christmas!

Kati
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[Kati Svaby]

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Hello Alan,

Merry Christmas !

Kati Svaby
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

[Beeesneees]

Thank you Kati,

I wish you and your family a Happy and Peaceful Christmas too.

"The best Christmas of all is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up with one another."
~Jon Bratton
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[Kati Svaby]

Dear Bez,

Many thanks for your beautiful quotation and your nice wishing.

I wish you a really Happy New Year.

My best to you:

Kati

P.S:
/In Hungary we are before a dreadful new year. Our PM is a mad dictator. Probably the state bankrupcy is unavoidable. This will be our 2012; and we will be lucky if this is only for one year is operative - but I don 't want to be the skeleton the feast./
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

[Csaabaa]

Hi.

Who is his best friend?
Who likes watching TV?
What do you want to talk about?
Which is important: lots of money or good healthy?
Where was she born?
When do you usually get up ?
Why don't they do anything?
Whose are these pencils?
How do I go to the post office?

[Sonja23]

Hi,

Who is in the classroom?
What time is it?
Which day is today?
Where are all?
When we are go to the cinema?
Why I can not go to the vacation?
Whose is this dress?
How I can improve my English?

see you,
Sonja

[Beeesneees]

That's much better, Sonja.
Only these need correction:

What day is it today?
Where are they all?
When are we going to the cinema?
Why can I not (can't I) go on vacation?
How can I improve my English?

Remember that in the question structure the verb and noun/pronoun aften change places.
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[Csaabaa]

Dear Beeesneees,

Could you take a look at my comment?

[Beeesneees]

Hi Csaabaa,

Apart from the space incorrectly placed before the question mark in this question:

[Csaabaa]

Hello everyone,

What do you do in your free time?
Where does her parents live?
Which colour is his favourite?
When does the train arrive?
Whose is your favourite actor in Game of Thrones?
How do live your life?
Why are we here?
Why is she sad?

That's all for now.

P.S.: Why don't you have another topic for verb tenses? Past Simple, Past Perfect etc.