Ending sentence with "to"
I am aware of the (rather unjustified) controversy about ending a sentence with a preposition. Let's just assume that's not a problem, since it's not and that's not my question anyway.
I would like to kindly ask a native speaker to confirm if this sentence is correct, and if the preposition at the end is needed or can be omitted. Thank you.
After a while I stopped looking for it and, finally, I also stopped pretending (to).
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AsinoMannaro ... if the preposition at the end is needed ... After a while I stopped looking for it and, finally, I also stopped pretending to.
- AsinoMannaro ...
- if the preposition at the end is needed ...
- After a while I stopped looking for it and, finally, I also stopped pretending to.
- Yes.
- You need 'to' at the end, but it's not a preposition.
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AsinoMannaro... if the preposition at the end is needed ...
After a while I stopped looking for it and, finally, I also stopped pretending to.
Yes. You need 'to' at the end, but it's not a preposition. It's the 'to' of an implicit infinitive. (to look for it)
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