Can you end a sentence with a preposition? |
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Votes: 1544
Comments: 16
Added: August 2003
| Willbut - 6th September 2003 22:59 |
| If a preposition comes at the end of a sentence, it is often functioning as an adverb (or particle) modifying a phrasal verb and, therefore, not really a preposition. However, they are often used at the end of sentences, especially questions: 'Who were you at the party with?' |
| MARYANNE - 8th September 2003 04:44 |
| tWO WOMEN ARE SITTING NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER ON A PLANE, ONE ASKS THE OTHER "wHERE YOU GOING TO?" THE OTHER WOMEN HAUGHTILY REPLIES" DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO END SENTENCES WITH A PREPOSITION?" THE OTHER WOMAN SAYS " WHERE YOU GOING TO- BITCH". lol |
| TDOL - 17th September 2003 23:08 |
| I've used the 'bitch' example in a number of classes now and it does the trick. ;-) |
| Stunz - 25th September 2003 01:41 |
| This is the sort of question up with which I find it difficult to put! |
| MrTrilby - 1st February 2006 00:54 |
| People who still subscribe to this rule are the sort of people who still put an apostrophe in front of phone and cello, and I have no time for them. |
| f - 26th June 2007 10:00 |
| of course u can |
| falloutboy - 26th June 2007 10:02 |
| well this is a type of question that an english expert would know the answer to, so dont bother to comment if ur not an english expert......:) |
| Melissa - 1st July 2007 10:29 |
| Yes |
| Danny - 5th February 2008 06:15 |
| Which of these is more correct? Do you know where is main street? or Do you know where main street is? or Do you know where's main street? and why are the other two wrong. |
| RHINO - 22nd May 2008 04:07 |
| Ending sentences with prepositions makes you sound like a retard, so man up and use correct gammar. |
| miKe - 8th July 2008 13:50 |
| With whom were you at the party? |
| marie crivel - 28th August 2008 20:18 |
| not very often do i think about it. yet i made my mind up. it would be easy to carry on. nowadays i get frequently carried away ... |
| Xelmyrion - 14th January 2009 21:51 |
| Which of these is more correct? Do you know where is main street? or Do you know where main street is? or Do you know where's main street? and why are the other two wrong. Common vernacular today would argue the second version of the question is correct. It is an example of the modern language convention of dropping the trailing adverb. As in, "Do you know where Main Street is located?" The other two versions are not punctuated properly; there should be a comma after "know." |
| stan - 5th March 2009 18:57 |
| If a preposition concludes a verbal phrase, you should be able to place the phrase at the end of a sentence if it is synonymous with a stand-alone verb. For example, 'put up with' is synonymous with 'tolerate.' Therefore it seems OK to say 'This is the sort of discussion I cannot put up with.' |
| Sanders - 15th May 2009 17:47 |
| of course u can! "I know what I'm living for" "You must hang over" |
| Dave - 10th July 2009 05:27 |
| In casual speech it is quite acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition. However, if you're writing something other than a casual email, a book for example, it is quite unprofessional, as well as grammatically incorrect, and can be quite distracting to readers. By the way, if you wanted to ask where Main Street is located but wanted a short and sweet sentence, why not "Where is Main Street?" Finally, to quote 30 Rock "You shouldn’t end a sentence with a preposition at." |
