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Who are you talking about or whom are you talking about?

Who are you talking about or whom are you talking about?

When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”’ or “’she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom. Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence. Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition.

Who I’m talking about or whom I’m talking about?

“Whom” is grammatical, but rarely used unless the preposition is immediately before it. You will hear the first sentence used many, many times more often than the second. Grammatically, “whom” is correct>> I am talking about whom? You know whom I am talking about.

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What are you talking about is it correct?

2 Answers. In English, “What you are talking about” is not correct at all unless you were saying: “What you are talking about is…..” It would always be “What are you talking about?” in a question.

Which is correct talk to or talk with?

You can say “Sue is talking to John” or “Sue is talking with John” – they’re the same! Some people claim that talk to should be used when it’s only one person speaking, and talk with should be used when it’s more of a two-sided discussion. However, in practice, many native speakers use both interchangeably.

How do you respond to May I speak to?

Senior Member. for example when sb ask on the phone “May I speak to John?”, I know you can answer “yes, speaking.” or “yes, it’s him/ it’s him speaking”.

Who to follow or whom to follow?

Here, the answer would be ‘you should follow her/him’, which means that the ‘whom’ in the question is referring to the object in the answer. That makes ‘whom to follow’ correct, since ‘whom’ should be used in objective cases and ‘who’ in subjective.

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Who to talk to or whom to talk to?

The correct sentence is: Whom do you want to talk to? The standard way to tell, is to replace who with he/she and whom with him/her, then re-arrange the sentence so it makes sense: For instance: “whom do you want to talk to” becomes “do you want to talk to him”, which sounds correct.

Who are you talking with meaning?

“Talking to” someone means that you are doing all the talking. “Talking with” someone implies a give and take; a conversation that isn’t one-sided.