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I heard my friend moaning about thier usage...what's the big deal?

2006-11-19 09:26:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

He was actually getting quite lairy about the whole issue!

2006-11-19 09:47:42 · update #1

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It's appallingly bad grammar to end a sentence with a preposition. One should never say "Switch the television off" one should always say "Switch off the television". Similarly "Who am I talking to" should be "to whom am I talking" and one should never eat peas with the edge of a knife, pass the port to the right, walk toe down before heel, slurp tea,paint one's knees green, stand in a bucket of custard and sing a revolting song about buggering sheep, fondle donkeys in the drawing room or indecently expose oneself to the ducks in the park. Where is the training in etiquette in young people today??????

2006-11-19 09:45:00 · answer #1 · answered by prakdrive 5 · 2 0

it's when you end a sentence in a preposition - Like "Where is he going to?" The correct way to say it is "To where is he going?"

But English, like most other languages, is changing. If you use correct english in regard to prepositiions you sound stiff and funny. Mostly this rule is just ignored these days.

2006-11-19 09:32:47 · answer #2 · answered by downinthevalley45 2 · 2 0

To end a sentence any way you want to.

2006-11-20 09:58:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

preposition

you shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition even if you want to.

(oops)

2006-11-19 09:31:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Things like 'Who are you going shopping with?', or 'Where's he going to?', are grammatically incorrect, but most people use them.
You should really say, 'Who's going shopping with you?', or 'Where's he going?'

2006-11-19 10:08:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

eh?

2006-11-19 09:28:43 · answer #6 · answered by L6 3 · 0 1

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