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... does the cat see in the tree? — must the question word be 'who', 'whom' or 'what'?
Who and whom are used for people. Birds aren't people so don't use "whom".
What is it?
a banana/a bird/a robot/an angel/
If you don't know that it is a person, use "what". Here I assume that we do …
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"He asked how old I was" vs "He asked how I was old"
The second doesn't mean the same as the first, and the second would never be used.
If you say "He asked how I was happy" that means, in direct speech
He asked, "How are you happy?"
That is rat …
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Why is “okay” used as the end of a question when comforting others?
No special reason.
The speaker is just checking that the other person has listened, understood and agrees with what is proposed. By asking if the person is "okay" with what you have suggested you incr …
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