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Dow is dead
2005-02-18 11:12:00 UTC
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Telephone conversation..

Peter from USA : fosid fsdijfosdi sidfjos fsidofj... (noisy)
Mary in Taiwan : Hello! ABC company, Can I help you?
Peter from USA : bra bra bra........ (still noisy)
Mary in Taiwan : Who would you like to speak with?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Is this correct?
or Mary : Whom do you want to speak with?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Is this correct?
or Mary : Who would you like to speak to?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Is this correct?

Please help me when someone over the telephone noisy and couldn't hear very
clear,
and the Mary tried to make sure who Peter wants to speak with,

How to say it?
blackdog
2005-02-21 14:23:36 UTC
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It is "Whom do you want to speak with?"
luc.chantal.petitjean
2005-03-22 20:13:49 UTC
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I woud like to learn English with you, is it possible ?
Post by blackdog
It is "Whom do you want to speak with?"
credoquaabsurdum
2005-03-24 00:23:00 UTC
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It should actually be, "With whom would you like to speak?". Only a
compleat grammar and usage nutter would teach that form as "correct" to
a non-native speaker, however.

Corpora show that "Who would you like to speak with/to?" is far more
common in ordinary telephone conversations, both US and UK. I, and most
native speakers, would take "Whom would you like to speak with?" as
being redolent of the stink of the most pompous 17th cetury
prescriptive grammarians, who invented "whom" as a way of civilizing
the uncivilized tongue they were attempting to turn into a national
language. We might even find "Whom do you want to speak with?" funny.
"Who do you want to speak to?" is just fine, but I would still use the
more polite "Who would you like to speak with?" and teach it to
learners as a primary form.

luc.chantal.petitjean, are you asking us if the statement is correct or
if we could possibly teach you English? The statement is just fine, and
you should have some luck finding someone to help you.
Jim Walsh
2008-04-22 13:40:28 UTC
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Post by blackdog
It is "Whom do you want to speak with?"
"Who do you want to speak with?" is fine.

So is "Who are you calling?"
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