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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Preposition at the end of a question

Hi teachers,

Which one is correct?

a) Which train station is Baxter's train standing?

b) Which train station is Baxter's train standing in?

According to this answer:

It is standing in Paddington Station.

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

The better of the two is b. This is a pet peeve of mine. Many English teachers and, worse yet, non-English teachers (history teachers) insist that we should not end sentences with prepositions.

— Englishmaven

  • The better of the two is b.
  • This is a pet peeve of mine.
  • Many English teachers and, worse yet, non-English teachers (history teachers) insist that we should not end sentences with prepositions.
  • This is because English used to be described using the Latin model.
  • But English is a Germanic language and naturally has prepositions fall at the end of the sentences.
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The better of the two is b.

This is a pet peeve of mine. Many English teachers and, worse yet, non-English teachers (history teachers) insist that we should not end sentences with prepositions. This is because English used to be described using the Latin model. But English is a Germanic language and naturally has prepositions fall at the end of the sentences. My point is that you might h
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That was a complete and excellent answer. Thank you very muchEmotion: clap
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