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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Preposition fronting with fused relative pronouns

Is this grammatical and able to be used

Here is with what Andrew came back to me.

instead of the more standard

Here is what Andrew came back to me with?

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No. It is all but unintelligible.

— Mister Micawber

  • No.
  • It is all but unintelligible.
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No. It is all but unintelligible.
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How is it ungrammatical?

Prepositions typically have more than one position in the sentence--not just at the end of the sentence.

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English 1b3Is this grammatical and able to be used usable
Here is with what Andrew came back to me.
No. what replaces that which and the preposition would go between thus:

Here is that with which Andrew came back to me.

So, you can't use that pattern unless
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You manged to teach and make me laugh concurrently! Emotion: giggle
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English 1b3You manged to teach and make me laugh concurrently!
Hee! And guess what? Sometimes I can even walk andchew gum at the same time!
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There isn't (and never was) a hard and fast rule about not ending a sentence with a preposition. There was a convention that frowned on doing so in formal writing. Many times, there is a more graceful way to phrase a sentence that avoids the issue. In this case, you might write, "Here is the answer (tool, etc.) Andrew brought back to me," thus avoiding the issue.

But, certainly in con
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