One: London is a good city to live in.
Two: London is a good city yo live.
2006-07-24 23:02:03 · 13 answers · asked by donotmisstony 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Two is wrong (I assume "yo" is a typo for "to") because you can't "live a city", you have to live "in" it. (I guess you could "live a city" in a weird jargonny kind of way, but it's not grammatically correct.)
One is good, although some grammar sticklers prefer "a good city in which to live". I feel no need to propogate that silly rule. The meaning is perfectly clear.
Although I have to agree with the others, I know quite a few people who have lived in London and would say it's a terrible place to live. But I'd love to live there!
2006-07-24 23:25:12 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
London is a good city to live.
2006-07-25 07:54:04 · answer #2 · answered by boselydia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
London is a good city to live in.
2006-07-25 07:46:07 · answer #3 · answered by alecks2b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
London is a good city to live.
2006-07-25 07:19:35 · answer #4 · answered by Fayzan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
London is an expensive city to live in
2006-07-26 04:13:19 · answer #5 · answered by Ryan H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Correct wording might be , "London is a good city in which to live."
However, a friend of mine grew up in London and told me the weather there is horrible, gas is terribly expensive and good jobs are hard to find. So, I fear that even worded properly the sentence would still not be correct.
2006-07-25 06:11:33 · answer #6 · answered by mindbender - seeker of truth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number one sentence is correct. The traditional caveat of yesteryear against ending sentences with prepositions is, for most writers, an unnecessary and pedantic restriction. As Winston Churchill famously said, "That is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I shall not put." A sentence that ends in a preposition may sound more natural than a sentence carefully constructed to avoid a final preposition. Compare "Those are the guidelines an author should adhere to" with "Those are the guidelines to which an author should adhere." The "rule" prohibiting terminal prepositions was an ill-founded superstition.
However, if a sentence is unusually long, and the ending preposition will be a long distance from its object, then it is best to avoid ending with the preposition.
2006-07-25 06:23:16 · answer #7 · answered by twisted illusions 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither is really correct.
Rather: London is a good city in WHICH to live.
the first is incorrect because you cannot end a sentence with words like "in" "on" "around etc. No prepositions at the end of a sentence! ^^
the second is elementary. "a good city to live"? to live what? not specific and doesn't include the manner in which you are living.
2006-07-25 06:05:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are correct.
But it depends on the usage.
I would use "London is a good city to live".
2006-07-25 06:08:54 · answer #9 · answered by Gangavalli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither;; correct is to say Londonis not a particularly good city in which to live.
2006-07-25 06:10:39 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋