Is asking "where are you from?" grammatically incorrect since it ends in a preposition?
2006-06-28 14:24:11 · 10 answers · asked by Soneji75 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
As the saying goes, "prepositions aren't words to end sentences with." "With" is a preposition, which shows the irony in the sentence. So you're safe in saying "where are you from," because it's accepted in the English language. (whereas "from where are you" is awkward).
2006-06-28 14:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by Y S 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you want to get all nit-picky about it, yes ... the correct form would be, "From where are you?" or "From where do you come?"
However, as Winston Churchill is rumored to have said, "That is arrant pedantry, up with which I will not put!"
For those of us who talk like human beings, "Where are you from?" is fine.
2006-06-28 14:45:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am from North Carolina the boring state.
2006-06-28 14:27:58 · answer #3 · answered by Lil CC 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bigger problem with the question may simply be that it is too ambiguously worded to be answered correctly.
2006-06-28 14:31:59 · answer #4 · answered by Crooks Gap 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would guess so. I never thought of it that way. I'm guess it should be: You are from where?
(hehe. I'm from NC too. I'm afraid that's not his question though.)
2006-06-28 14:29:02 · answer #5 · answered by C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IN GAELIC, FRENCH AND LATIN (I THINK) IT TRANSLATES AS "IN WHAT PLACE DO YOU LIVE?". BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TAKES A LOT OF LICENCE,SO I'M SURE "WHERE DO YOU LIVE?" HAS CHANGED OVER TIME.
2006-06-28 14:50:06 · answer #6 · answered by DUSTY FOR KING 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am from Minnesota
2006-06-28 14:53:07 · answer #7 · answered by reigna4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Naw it's all good
2006-06-28 14:27:52 · answer #8 · answered by cyndi_035 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where are you come from?
2006-06-28 14:29:08 · answer #9 · answered by Timothy Summer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is rite as v often use it.
2006-06-28 15:39:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋