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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Ending a sentence in a preopostion
for?
That's what I am here for.
end a sentence in a preposition?
wnd a sentence with a preposition?
That's what I am here for.
end a sentence in a preposition?
wnd a sentence with a preposition?
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That's what I am here for . The sentence is just fine. It doesn't matter that it ends with a preposition.
- That's what I am here for .
- The sentence is just fine.
- It doesn't matter that it ends with a preposition.
- Rover
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The sentence is just fine.
That's what I am here for.
It doesn't matter that it ends with a preposition.
Rover
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Hi,
My understanding is like that: you can use the preposition 'for' with an object, here 'what':That's for what I am here. But it sounds a bit clumsy though grammatically it's OK. On the other hand, you can tie the preposition with the verb 'be', here 'am' (a sort of phrasal verb 'be for') and put 'for' at the end of the sentence: That's what I am here for.
My understanding is like that: you can use the preposition 'for' with an object, here 'what':That's for what I am here. But it sounds a bit clumsy though grammatically it's OK. On the other hand, you can tie the preposition with the verb 'be', here 'am' (a sort of phrasal verb 'be for') and put 'for' at the end of the sentence: That's what I am here for.
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