stitusandrews
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Hello All,
Can we end a sentence or a question with a preposition?
Thank you,
Titus Andrews
Can we end a sentence or a question with a preposition?
Thank you,
Titus Andrews
Hello All,
Can we end a sentence or a question with a preposition? Yes, we can!
hank you,
Titus Andrews
Over and over, this fallacy of not ending a sentence with a preposition has been addressed.
English is not Latin. English does not have to follow the rules of Latin.
The nonsense about not ending with a preposition or even about not splitting the infinitive is based on the misguided notion of old-century linguists and grammaticians (what would that word be, if it were the right word?) that English should act like Latin. It doesn't have to.
(As the link I provided in the earlier thread says on the split infinitive also shows.)
To paraphrase the line attributed to Mr. Churchill (and I use him so no one accuses the Godless Americans as being the ones who ruined what was a perfectly fine language until we came along): Insisting a sentence not be ended with a preposition is the type of nonsense up with which I will not put.
To paraphrase the line attributed to Mr. Churchill (and I use him so no one accuses the Godless Americans as being the ones who ruined what was a perfectly fine language until we came along): Insisting a sentence not be ended with a preposition is the type of nonsense up with which I will not put.
Oh oh oh... hold on a second...
Now you all have confused me...
Dont know where I am going from here...
Please help...
***** NOT A TEACHER *****
Good morning, Mr. Andrews.
(1) As the other posters said:
(a) Yes, it is "good" English to end a sentence with a preposition.
(b) Sometimes, in fact, you must do so. Otherwise, your English
will sound "strange."
*****
Maybe you can post some examples. Then other posters will tell you
whether they think the prepositions in your examples are properly
placed.
Have a nice day!
Examples:
1. I don't know what I am here for.
2. What am I going through?
3. This is a situation that I have never come across.
4. I haven't received an answer yet.
5. Where are we stopping at?
5. I hope he knows what is going on.
6. Which city do you live in?
And it's Raymond Chandler, of course, for split infinitives: "God damn it, I split it so it will remain split!"
Tell me more about that one?