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Tuilen Posted 10 years ago
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Correct? Be sure to carefully vet whomever you're getting your dog from.
I'm worried about ending on a preposition, but I know there are some accepted exceptions. Does this sentence sound natural?
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Stop worrying about ending sentences with prepositions. It's been perfectly acceptable for a close on a hundred years.
- Stop worrying about ending sentences with prepositions.
- It's been perfectly acceptable for a close on a hundred years.
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Stop worrying about ending sentences with prepositions.
It's been perfectly acceptable for a close on a hundred years.
It's been perfectly acceptable for a close on a hundred years.
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Rover_KEa hundred years.Shakespeare ended sentences with prepositions. (about 400 years ago.)
"Who servest thou under?" King Henry V asks of Williams, a soldier in his army. In As You Like It, Rosalind asks Orlando, "Who do you speak to?"
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Most speakers of BrE would use 'whoever' in that sentence. 'Whomever' is correct, but it sounds rather stuffy these days.
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