Everyone offered input and completed whatever tasks they committed themselves to.
Can anyone write this sentence without ending with to?
2006-10-31 12:54:41 · 11 answers · asked by Eye Candy 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Everyone offered input and completed the tasks to which they committed themselves.
2006-10-31 12:56:51 · answer #1 · answered by slippped 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everyone offered input and completed whatever tasks to which they had committed themselves.
2006-10-31 12:56:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I could offer, "Everyone offered input and completed any tasks to which he had committed himself" but I won't, because "commit to" sounds like a sort of combination verb to me, with the result that "to" at the end of the original sentence is not really a preposition but is instead the completion of the verb itself. I can't quote a rule; it just feels right.
Besides, there's nothing wrong with ending a sentence with a preposition, as Churchill proved when he upbraided someone who had criticized him for doing so in words something like these: "That is one criticism up with which I will not put!"
2006-10-31 13:01:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everyone offered input and completed whatever tasks to which they had committed themselves.
2006-10-31 12:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everyone offered input and completed their committed tasks.
2006-10-31 13:12:56 · answer #5 · answered by ron 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
someone began that fantasy a lengthy time period in the past in accordance to Latin. apparently it isn't accessible to end a sentence with a preposition in Latin, and Latin became considered the language of the knowledgeable, so those who needed to seem knowledgeable had to follow the guidelines for Latin. there is, obviously, no rule about prepositions ending sentences in English; knowledgeable close by audio equipment have continually achieved this. This fantasy has been surpassed down for particularly a even as--some human beings actual nonetheless believe it. Believing it really is a particular signal that the believer hasn't ever studied grammar. BTW, "the following" isn't a preposition.
2016-12-05 10:05:32 · answer #6 · answered by aune 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone offered input and completed the tasks for which they were committed. Good luck and God bless
2006-10-31 13:16:45 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sounds awkward but it´s possible: "Everyone offered input and completed whatever tasks to which they were (or had been) committed."
2006-10-31 13:00:12 · answer #8 · answered by Nice 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everyone offered thier input on the task at hand becasue they were so committed to it.
2006-10-31 12:58:20 · answer #9 · answered by silentcargo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everyone offered input and completed whatever tasks to which they had committed themselves.
10 points please.
2006-10-31 12:56:23 · answer #10 · answered by fungal_gourmet 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋