Preposition and relative pronoun
The place which we thought to hold the wedding ceremony at didn’t offer convenient prices.
Is it really wrong? One native friend of mine believes it is. He calls "at" here "a stranded preposition".
What do you think?
Top answer
The place which we thought to hold the wedding ceremony at didn’t offer convenient prices. Yes, this is an example of preposition stranding. But it's not wrong - in fact it's perfectly natural.
- The place which we thought to hold the wedding ceremony at didn’t offer convenient prices.
- Yes, this is an example of preposition stranding.
- But it's not wrong - in fact it's perfectly natural.
- The underlined element is a relative clause where "which" functions as complement of the preposition "at".
- And we know that "which" refers to "place", so there's no ambiguity about the meaning.
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The place which we thought to hold the wedding ceremony at didn’t offer convenient prices.
Yes, this is an example of preposition stranding. But it's not wrong - in fact it's perfectly natural.
The underlined element is a relative clause where "which" functions as complement of the preposition "at". And we know that "which" refers to "place", so the
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