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Coincidence Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

going/going to

Hello..
My question may seem very easy, I am not sure, though, if we should say:

1.Do you know where I am going?
2. Do you know where I am going to?
3. I don't know where I am going.
4. I don't know where I am going to.

Maybe they are all correct, but 2 and 4 are more formal?

Thank you for your help!
Kind regards.
  

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This is what RHUD says: —Usage. ) are often criticized as redundant because neither AT nor TO adds anything to the meaning of WHERE, and sentences like the preceding ones are perfectly clear and standard without the final AT or TO. This criticism does not apply to WHERE … FROM, which is fully standard: Where does the money come from?

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  • This is what RHUD says: —Usage.
  • ) are often criticized as redundant because neither AT nor TO adds anything to the meaning of WHERE, and sentences like the preceding ones are perfectly clear and standard without the final AT or TO.
  • This criticism does not apply to WHERE … FROM, which is fully standard: Where does the money come from?
  • The constructions WHERE … AT and WHERE … TO occur in the speech of educated people but are rare in formal speech and edited writing.
  • CB
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This is what RHUD says:

—Usage. WHERE … AT (Where was he at?) and WHERE … TO (Where is this leading to?) are often criticized as redundant because neither AT nor TO adds anything to the meaning of WHERE, and sentences like the preceding ones are perfectly clear and standard without the final AT or TO. This criticism does not apply to WHERE … FROM, which
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