to be put up at

[englishhobby]

The hotel was put up at.
This sentence sounds unnatural, doesn't it? Is there any way to make it sound natural?

 

[SoothingDave]

It depends on what you intend to mean. Say it in other words.

 

[tedmc]

Who put up at the hotel? Say it in the active voice.

 

[englishhobby]

I need to practice the passive voice with my students, so I want to make a sentence with the passive voice with a preposition at the end of the sentence . We can say 'The guests arrived at the hotel and were put up', right? Is it possible to come up with a logical and natural sentence that would end with '(be) put up at'? Or is it better just to leave '(be) put up' at the end for students to write something similar to the example I have given.

 

[5jj]

Is it possible to come up with a logical and natural sentence that would end with '(be) put up at'?

I doubt it.

 

[teechar]

Is it possible to come up with a logical and natural sentence that would end with '(be) put up at'?

It's not common, but it's not impossible.

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[5jj]

None of the examples given at those sites has put up at at the end of the sentence.

 

[teechar]

Sorry, I hadn't carefully read that part! I'd assumed the OP meant towards the end of the sentence.
I agree that "put up at" cannot be at the end of the sentence, because "at" requires somewhere (a place); it cannot be left dangling so to speak.

 

[Skrej]

I think It's possible, just not very natural.

The Excelsior Hotel was the most common place visiting dignitaries were put up at.

 

[englishhobby]

I think It's possible, just not very natural.

The Excelsior Hotel was the most common place visiting dignitaries were put up at.

Oh, that's just what I need. So you cannot avoid using two objects (the hotel and dignitaries) in one sentence here. I understand that it is not very natural, but it is a very useful sentence to explain how the passive with prepositions should be used. We have 'put up' for people and 'at' for a place in one sentence.

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

The Excelsior Hotel was the most common place for visiting dignitaries to stay.

 

[englishhobby]

Perhaps:

The Excelsior Hotel was the most common place for visiting dignitaries to stay.

I need to use 'put up at' at the end of the sentence (if possible)

 

[Rover_KE]

It would be better for you to tell your students that ‘put up at’ is an unnatural way to end a sentence.

But don’t tell them it’s always wrong to end a sentence with a preposition.

 

[englishhobby]

It would be better for you to tell your students that ‘put up at’ is an unnatural way to end a sentence.

But don’t tell them it’s always wrong to end a sentence with a preposition.

Yes, I will, thank you. Does it sound better with just 'put up' at the end? (This is the hotel where John and Mary were put up.)

 

[Tarheel]

You can say that, but in my humble opinion it's important that you know what the sentence means when phrased that way.

 

[englishhobby]

You can say that, but in my humble opinion it's important that you know what the sentence means when phrased that way.

Does this sentence ('This is the hotel where John and Mary were put up') mean that some people were in charge of putting the guests (John and Mary) at a certain hotel, and so they did?

 

[Tarheel]

Yes, it suggests that John and Mary did not make those arrangements, but somebody else did.

 

[englishhobby]

Yes, it suggests that John and Mary did not make those arrangements, but somebody else did.

Sorry, I wanted to write 'This is the hotel John and Mary were put up at'. Is it incorrect with 'at?

 

[jutfrank]

Did you deliberately leave out where? I assume you didn't.

If you include where, then at is incorrect, yes.

 

[probus]

1. When our flight was delayed the airline had to provide us with overnight accommodations, but I can't recall what hotel we were put up at. That's passive voice.

2. We decided to put up at a hotel for the night. That's active.

"Put up" seems to be a phrasal verb that can be active or passive depending on context. It's not easy to get it to the end of a sentence.