I always notice when people talk or write something (mainly when they talk) they always are putting prepositions at the end of their sentence which drives me crazy. For Example: What did he do that for? Can be corrected to: Why did he do that.
2006-07-06 08:00:33 · 9 answers · asked by Question? I Got An Answer! 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Technically, ending a sentence with a preposition is grammatically incorrect. But practically speaking, sometimes avoiding ending a sentence with a preposition results in a construction that is at least "ugly" if not virtually unintelligible. Personally, I like what Sir Winston Churchill, a far better orator and wordsmith than I will ever be, said: "A preposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with.".
2006-07-06 08:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I read somewhere that American English is loaded with Irish expressions. Adding the proposition at to the end of a sentence as in "where is he at" is typical Irish usage. Even network news personalities are guilty of adding the unnecessary word at the the end of their sentences.
2015-06-05 05:45:32 · answer #2 · answered by WC711 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A preposition is a horrible thing to end a sentence with.
2006-07-06 08:02:27 · answer #3 · answered by bigdogthepirate 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you're actual approximately "the place are you?", as adversarial to "the place are you at?", yet undergo in concepts that "the place are you at?" is technically not component of the debate of putting prepositions on the top of a sentence. the reason being that "the place are you at?" is a version that became invented greater those days by ability of specific subcultures, or in any different case by ability of grammatically uneducated or lazy human beings, who extra components like "at" that have been completely pointless interior the 1st place. once you're speaking approximately preposition placement, you're speaking approximately asserting "what do you ought to circulate to the shop for?" vs. "for what do you ought to circulate to the shop?" as i undergo in concepts it, this "rule" of not ending with a prep became began by ability of a few writers in the time of the 18th or nineteenth centuries who have been slightly stiff and nonetheless English mandatory "refinement". yet as much as that element there had by no ability been any regulations approximately that; even Shakespeare wrote preps on the top. and then greater those days even Winston Churchill made exciting of that "rule". so, fairly, this is completely very properly to place you preps on the top, for the reason it fairly is the way traditionally that's often been.
2016-12-08 16:28:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Language changes. People are doing it. Try to chill and not let it bother you. You know what they mean, and that is the point of communication. Think of becoming an english teacher to make a difference in the world, but i think you're fighting a losing battle.
Try yoga to calm yourself inside so it doesn't bother you. Not worth going crazy over...(sic)
2006-07-06 08:05:18 · answer #5 · answered by BonesofaTeacher 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's because most people are brought up speaking a certian way and get accustomed to speaking improperly. Blame it on lazy redneck parenting.
2006-07-06 08:03:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Shouldn't that be, Where are u from at
2016-06-02 15:00:25 · answer #7 · answered by Forsythia Hill 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because they are ignorant of the english language
2006-07-06 08:04:16 · answer #8 · answered by choukaii 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Where are you from?
2006-07-06 09:46:11 · answer #9 · answered by Buddy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋