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Alfred Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
This may be a stupid question, but...
I'm having a debate with my wife about grammar. One of us uses "at" as a way to finish a sentence--i.e. "where is it at?" Both of us realize that it isn't perfect grammar to finish a sentence with a preposition, but according to a website one of us read, this isn't considered (by some) to be an egregious error. What is your view?
Secondly, one of us occasionally uses this construction: "Me and Sarah are going to the store." How egregious an error is this (or is it an error)?
And, if you're willing to take sides--if both are mistakes, which would you choose as the worst of the two?
Thanks!
Alfred "Drey" Samuelson
Secondly, one of us occasionally uses this construction: "Me and Sarah are going to the store." How egregious an error is this (or is it an error)?
And, if you're willing to take sides--if both are mistakes, which would you choose as the worst of the two?
Thanks!
Alfred "Drey" Samuelson
Top answer
The second one definitely!
- The second one definitely!
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Maj is spot on.
As to the first one, it is not regarded as wrong these days to end a sentence with a preposition. However, deliberately rewording a sentence so that it DOESN'T end in a preposition can be a good gimmick to make yourself sound more formal purposefully.
The "at" in "where it's at" is completely redundant, however, since "where" already means "at which plac
As to the first one, it is not regarded as wrong these days to end a sentence with a preposition. However, deliberately rewording a sentence so that it DOESN'T end in a preposition can be a good gimmick to make yourself sound more formal purposefully.
The "at" in "where it's at" is completely redundant, however, since "where" already means "at which plac
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About the sentence:
"Me and Sarah are going to the store"
It should be said "Sarah and I are going to the store". Both are subjects. You can't replace any of them by an object pronoun.
Separate them into 2 different sentences:
Sarah is going to the store - ok
me is going to the store - arghhhhh!!!!
"Me and Sarah are going to the store"
It should be said "Sarah and I are going to the store". Both are subjects. You can't replace any of them by an object pronoun.
Separate them into 2 different sentences:
Sarah is going to the store - ok
me is going to the store - arghhhhh!!!!
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I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my question--I feel absolved! 
Thanks again!
Thanks again!00
rommie
could you please, give me one example of using : "where it's at" as an idiomatic expression.
thx in advance
could you please, give me one example of using : "where it's at" as an idiomatic expression.
thx in advance
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How about "This is where it's at"? Or it's variants: "here's where it's at", "that's where it's at", "that's definitely where it's at", and so on.
This is from Merriam-Webster's dictionary:
– where it's at
1 a : a place of central interest or activity b : something (as a topic or field of interest) of primary concern or interest
2 : the true nature of things
This is from Merriam-Webster's dictionary:
– where it's at
1 a : a place of central interest or activity b : something (as a topic or field of interest) of primary concern or interest
2 : the true nature of things
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