That is one rule up with which Winston Churchill would never put!
2006-10-09 20:02:08 · 5 answers · asked by A Box of Signs 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Rules are made to be broken. Of course the whole difficulty could be avoided by simply using the active voice.
2006-10-09 20:19:58 · answer #1 · answered by Kuji 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm no longer British. i'm American. i'm hoping it truly is super. No, we don't shop on with this rule many times speaking. even nevertheless it may look suited to achieve this, it quite is impossible to declare specific issues like, "i could positioned the books up." you may no longer rearrange that so as that "up" isn't on the top until eventually you in basic terms upload extra words like, "i could positioned the books up interior the cabinet." yet it quite is truly not an analogous which potential. This stupid rule comes from the thought in the time of Latin you may no longer end a sentence with a preposition, yet Latin is thoroughly diverse than English, that's a Germanic language, and in Germanic languages, ending with prepositions is the conventional component of do. while you're being graded on your grammar, do no longer end a sentence with a preposition, yet once you're writing for your self or what have you ever, as we are saying "Knock your self out!" it is, do all of it you prefer to. Oops. basically ended that with a preposition. i assume it truly is screwed up. Oops. Did it back. Oh, and don't even get me started on "whom." Grammar Nazis would chafe at what I could say, however the historic previous of the English language is a sordid one, and "whom" is taken into consideration one of those issues that have been extra by some misguided author who wrote a prescriptive grammar at a time while English replaced into turning out to be a international language. it quite is nonetheless awkward sounding no matter what!!!!! even whether it is meant to be "suited."
2016-10-16 00:53:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL!!!
I've always been taught that its not proper grammar to end a sentence with a preposition.
2006-10-09 20:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by tina m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a subject I'd like to get off of.
2006-10-09 20:08:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gotta admit I ignore that one.... it just doesn't sound right. I feel the same way about 'whom'.... I know exactly when to use it, but I don't 'cuz I just don't like it.
2006-10-09 20:05:24 · answer #5 · answered by sueflower 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋