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Kianel29 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Prepositions at the end of the sentence
Hi all I am probably not the first person to get confused by English prepositions, I am really having a hard time with it. could anyone explain to me why prepositions sometimes go at the end of the sentence and sometimes they do not, as far as I know the sentence structure has a slight difference between spoken and writing English, for instance.
SE) This is the company I'm working with.
WE) This is the company with which i'm working.
SE) Who does this belong to?
WE) To whom does this belong
As Spanish speaker the second sentence makes more sense to me, is it incorrect to speak as I wrote in the second sentence?, people say it sounds unnatural but they cannot explain why. Hope somebody out there can help me with this question.
cheers
SE) This is the company I'm working with.
WE) This is the company with which i'm working.
SE) Who does this belong to?
WE) To whom does this belong
As Spanish speaker the second sentence makes more sense to me, is it incorrect to speak as I wrote in the second sentence?, people say it sounds unnatural but they cannot explain why. Hope somebody out there can help me with this question.
cheers
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" Many other sentences follow a similar conversational/formal pattern.
- " Many other sentences follow a similar conversational/formal pattern.
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These are the usual conversational forms:
"This is the company I'm working with."
"Who does this belong to?"
These forms are more formal, and feel a bit too stiff to be used in ordinary everyday conversation (the second more so than the first):
"This is the company with which I'm working."
"To whom does this belong?"
Many other sentences foll
"This is the company I'm working with."
"Who does this belong to?"
These forms are more formal, and feel a bit too stiff to be used in ordinary everyday conversation (the second more so than the first):
"This is the company with which I'm working."
"To whom does this belong?"
Many other sentences foll
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