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Vanessa García
who he likes to play with? or who does he like play with?
Me resulta difícil traducir; "Con quién...". Thanks!
6 janv. 2013 15:17
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Thanks for all answers;-)
6 janvier 2013
Who does he like to play with? [best choice]
Whom does he like to play with? [very formal]
With whom does he like to play? [very formal]
"who he likes to play with ...." as it stands cannot be a direct question because it has no auxiliary verb to form the interrogative. However, it could be used as an indirect question:
"she doesn't know who(m) he likes to play with, but ...."
Whom sounds a bit too formal, but not grammatically wrong.
It would be WRONG in the following instance to use the auxiliary verb:
"she doesn't know who(m) does he play with ...."
because this is an indirect question and the auxiliary verb 'does' is not required in indirect questions.
6 janvier 2013
"Who does he like to play with?" (modern English) OR "with whom does he like to play with?" (old fashioned). Does this make sense?
6 janvier 2013
Hello, Ms. Garcia:
Nowadays a few (very few!) people still follow the rule:
WHOM does he like to play with?
With WHOM does he like to play?
(Who = quien) (Whom = con quien)
I think that most Americans would use WHO in your question.
So if you wish to follow the "old-fashioned" rule, use "whom"; if you wish to speak and write as do most Americans, use "who."
6 janvier 2013
Who does he like to play with?
6 janvier 2013
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Vanessa García
Compétences linguistiques
Anglais, Espagnol
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Anglais
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