I forgot to tell they can also begin with (who,whom,which,when,where,how,how many,how much. But you should use normal word order ,not question word order. Do you know how far it is to Hawaii?

By the way, not directly related to the original question, it's who I was, not whom I was . was is a linking verb, so whom is not used. I looked so different that no one knew who I was. (not whom I was .) OK. I did this because I

This is a spin-off from: Post:77524 where (among other things) the sentence 1. '*Whom was given the book?' was discussed. I understand that in AmE, this sentence is acceptable: 2. Whom did you give the book? If 'whom' is acceptable

Hi guys Why in this question we do not use "did": Who brought you up? (instead of: Who did bring you up?) And in this one we do: Who did you look up to? (instead of: Who you looked up to?) Hi, It has to do with the role of " who

Can I say this rule - "Subject and Object can never come next to each other" No, because the word order is different in an indirect question: I wonder whom you are going to marry and in a relative clause: She is the woman whom you are going to

There are precious few relics of the Dative case remaining in Modern English. The word whom is currently in its death throes and has been for 100 years or so; and in serious (and possibly fatal) decline during the last fifty. But it must be

Hello, Satyre, First, there's no "do" in a reported question, you use the normal word order. Then I'd say the grammatically correct form is " depending on whom you ask", but I think you'll hear the latter more and more. Someone may correct

Either is fine, but the word order needs to be changed: With whom am I speaking. Whom am I speaking with.

Stranded prepositions, mysteriously disappearing prepositions...I'm glad you all stopped for a breather. It gave me a chance to catch up. This aspect I find interesting: 1. The lion was given | the Christian. 2. The lion was given | to the

Hello Paco I'm interested in your comment about structural relics. I wonder whether the structure itself is the relic – i.e. in certain constructions, the word order became established at a time when the dative still existed; the inflexions