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Louis Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

use of "at" for instance with heading

Hi there,
Small question regarding the use of "at". Broadly speaking, i'm using "at" (refer to following sentence)
-Where are you heading at?

instead of

-Where are you heading?

It's like saying
"Just stay where you're at" or "Where are you at?"

Is there a grammatical response to this common usage of "at" and is it grammatically accurate.
  

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Hello Louis I think you intended to say not "head at" but "head to". (1) Where are you heading? (2) Where are you heading to?

— Paco2004

  • Hello Louis I think you intended to say not "head at" but "head to".
  • (1) Where are you heading?
  • (2) Where are you heading to?
  • I think both are correct.
  • We may take "where" in #1 as an interrogative adverb and "where" in #2 as an interrogative pronoun.
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Hello Louis

I think you intended to say not "head at" but "head to".

(1) Where are you heading?
(2) Where are you heading to?

I think both are correct.
We may take "where" in #1 as an interrogative adverb and "where" in #2 as an interrogative pronoun.

paco

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"Where are you heading to?" is what you want. The "to" is unnecessary.
While some speakers use "at" or "to" in such expressions ("at" for non-motion, "to" for motion), they lower the register a bit. It is more educated sounding to omit those particles at the end.

In the idiomatic "What are you getting at?", however, the "at" cannot be omitted.

CJ
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So I might be less educated. Emotion: smile

Louis, you might say "Where are you from?" to ask someone's nationality or homeland. In this
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