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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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This is the place where I took my girlfriend (to).

In order to mean that "This is the place to which I took my girlfriend", do I have to put "to" at the end or leave it out?
"This is the place where I took my girlfriend (to)."
  

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—Usage. ) are often criticized as redundant because neither AT nor TO adds anything to the meaning of WHERE, and sentences like the preceding ones are perfectly clear and standard without the final AT or TO. This criticism does not apply to WHERE … FROM, which is fully standard: Where does the money come from?

— Cool Breeze

  • —Usage.
  • ) are often criticized as redundant because neither AT nor TO adds anything to the meaning of WHERE, and sentences like the preceding ones are perfectly clear and standard without the final AT or TO.
  • This criticism does not apply to WHERE … FROM, which is fully standard: Where does the money come from?
  • The constructions WHERE … AT and WHERE … TO occur in the speech of educated people but are rare in formal speech and edited writing.
  • - Random House Unabridged Dictionary CB
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—Usage. WHERE … AT (Where was he at?) and WHERE … TO (Where is this leading to?) are often criticized as redundant because neither AT nor TO adds anything to the meaning of WHERE, and sentences like the preceding ones are perfectly clear and standard without the final AT or TO. This criticism does not apply to WHERE … FROM, which is fully standard: Where does th
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Considering that the sentence is more like a casual than a formal speech, which version (with or without "to") would you find more natural?
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