preposition at the end

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Hi,"Which university do you graduate from?"For this sentence,  if I dont want a preposition at the end, how can I modify it?Thanks

Inchoateknowledge · Accepted Answer

From which university are you?
From which univ. do you come -- unusual to my non-native tin ears.

Jimmyyl · Answer

Hi

So for native speaker, which way of saying this is the most proper?

Thanks

Clive · Answer

Hi guys,

"Which university did you graduate from?"

Some more common ways to ask this include

Where did you go to university?

What university did you go to?

What was your university?

In suitable contexts, the terms 'school' and 'college' are often used in AmE as synonyms for 'university'.

We usually assume that if you went, you graduated.

Best wishes, Clive

Inchoateknowledge · Answer

JimmyylHi,

"Which university do you graduate from?"

For this sentence, if I dont want a preposition at the end, how can I modify it?

Thanks

Did you edit your original question?

Anonymous · Answer

From which university you did graduation?
From which university you have done graduation?

BarbaraPA · Answer

From which university you did graduation?
From which university you have done graduation?

Anon, there are two problems here:

1) Word order - although you can use your tone of voice to make a question out of this, usually in a question, you invert the verb-subject. Did you graduate?

2) We don't (at least in AmE, and perhaps it is different elsewhere) refer to "doing graduation." Your "graduation" is the ceremony when you graduate, walking in your cap and gown, etc. You have or hold a graduation (ceremony) but generaly don't do a graduation. So you would simply say "did you graduate?"

Phoenix PR · Answer

Jimmyyll's original question begs the question, "Is the rule about not ending a sentence with a preposition D-E-A-D?"

Where did you come from? This flows off the tongue so easily!
From where did you come? If I got in my time machine and returned to the 19th century, then yes this would be fine.
Where from did you come? Egads, no one would/should use this version!

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