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Matt0915 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Ending A Sentence With A Preposition, Right or Wrong???
For a graduate research project i am to take a controversial issue such as ending a sentence with a preposition and get opinions on why it is or is not correct?, instances when ending a sentence with a preposition is okay or not okay?, and also try to find sources (i.e. from a book or web source) explaining why it is or is not correct! I need roughly 10 sources and have 3 right now (Book of English Usage) & K&F (7th edition) are my 2 top sources, so if any of you have some past reference to posts or links to sites, books, etc... to aid me in my research then that would be great!!!
Also, I would like as many opinions on this issue as possible because that is also part of my research!!! thank you in advance and hope to see a lot of posts!
*** Once my research is complete, i will condense all my info and sources and post on here for future reference to users so that much information on this topic can be found in 1 post vs. several!!!
Also, I would like as many opinions on this issue as possible because that is also part of my research!!! thank you in advance and hope to see a lot of posts!
*** Once my research is complete, i will condense all my info and sources and post on here for future reference to users so that much information on this topic can be found in 1 post vs. several!!!
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Matt, are you sure this is really controversial enough? To my thinking, controversy is whether abortion should be legal, whether undocumented workers should be naturalized, whether the U.S. overreaches in its self-imposed role of world-policeman... whether the DH rule is **** in Major League Baseball (okay, the last one not so much) ... but this is just a bunch of cardigan-sweaters-with-leather-pa
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Thanks for the search Marius!
Throughout my research i find several instances where the source states that ending a sentence with a preposition is a serious breach of grammar etiquette!!! I can't figure out why i keep seeing this because today, i notice that many professors teach students that it is in fact okay to end sentences with prepositions!!! Interesting!
Throughout my research i find several instances where the source states that ending a sentence with a preposition is a serious breach of grammar etiquette!!! I can't figure out why i keep seeing this because today, i notice that many professors teach students that it is in fact okay to end sentences with prepositions!!! Interesting!
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Garner, Modern American Usage, p. 633, has a page against the rule of not ending with prepositions
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Grammar Geek,
let me clarify my research parameters! It must be on a controversial "grammar" issue, and for much of this semester i have found ending a preposition to be controversial, not just flat out right or wrong, but right in some instances, and wrong in other instances, and i just want to hear people opinions, since this is such a hard topic of research, to see if people, from exp
let me clarify my research parameters! It must be on a controversial "grammar" issue, and for much of this semester i have found ending a preposition to be controversial, not just flat out right or wrong, but right in some instances, and wrong in other instances, and i just want to hear people opinions, since this is such a hard topic of research, to see if people, from exp
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you might have tried that already, search of course Yahoo with:
"Ending A Sentence With A Preposition"
(quotation marks are important!)
gives many links
"Ending A Sentence With A Preposition"
(quotation marks are important!)
gives many links
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Marius,
Thank you for that hint about the quotation marks, i had completely forgotten about that when using search engines!!! I have not gotten that source yet and will find it at the library! I go to the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign and have a huge library, so i should be able to look up that refernce!
Thanks again, and if you have anything on this topic please k
Thank you for that hint about the quotation marks, i had completely forgotten about that when using search engines!!! I have not gotten that source yet and will find it at the library! I go to the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign and have a huge library, so i should be able to look up that refernce!
Thanks again, and if you have anything on this topic please k
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Winston Churchill objected to the doctrine of not ending a sentence with a preposition when saying,
This is the sort of English up with which I cannot put.”
I understand that this is correct, but what i am still struggling with is why it is right? Is it correct because of structure, because of the time it was written (18th century), is it acceptable because of the contant
This is the sort of English up with which I cannot put.”
I understand that this is correct, but what i am still struggling with is why it is right? Is it correct because of structure, because of the time it was written (18th century), is it acceptable because of the contant
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Winston Churchill was hardly in the 18th century! But I'm glad you found the correct quote, which I did mention in my first post.
And, to repeat, there is a difference between the "where are you at?" type of ending and the "my children like to be read to" type of ending.
Anyway, glad to know it's a grammar issue you're supposed to be investingating. Although I could get ready to
And, to repeat, there is a difference between the "where are you at?" type of ending and the "my children like to be read to" type of ending.
Anyway, glad to know it's a grammar issue you're supposed to be investingating. Although I could get ready to
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