Stranded prepositions
The following examples have fronted prepositions. Construct corresponding examples with stranded prepositions.
If the example turns out to be ungrammatical, mark it with *.
i Under what circumstances would you agree?
*What circumstances would you agree under?
ii In what year was she born?
What year was she born in?
iii He came to the bed in which Goldilocks had been sleeping.
He came to the bed which Goldilocks had been sleeping in.
iv It appealed to everyone with whom he discussed it.
*It appealed to everyone whom he discussed it with.
v It was a situation in which it would have been hard for anyone to form a judgment concerning what to do.
*It was a situation which it would have been hard for anyone to form a judgment concerning what to do in.
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anonymous Are my answers correct? All except iv are correct. iv is possible, though we would likely omit "whom".
- anonymous Are my answers correct?
- All except iv are correct.
- iv is possible, though we would likely omit "whom".
- CJ
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anonymousAre my answers correct?
All except iv are correct.
iv is possible, though we would likely omit "whom".
CJ
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