which is correct to say " where are you going?" or " where are you going to?"?

Question

if you want to ask such question to someone you know that you meet on your way while he is traveling

Answer 1

it is more correct to say 'where are you going' or 'to where are you going' NOT 'where are you going TO' - to is a preposition, it is incorrect to put a preposition at the end of a sentence.

Answer 2

IT'S NOT AS CLEAR AS MOST THINK

My friend, she always reminds me to never end a sentence with a preposition... "to" is a preposition...

Your safest bet by her is: "Where are you going?"

I'd agree SOMEWHAT. It's easier to say, and avoids the ridicule of those that believe in this rule.

HOWEVER, it still seems to work with the "to". So, now is it really incorrect to use the "to" at the end ?...

Read the link I have posted in sources below about prepositions and their rules... Here's an excerpt:

"Usage Note: It was John Dryden who first promulgated the doctrine that a preposition may not be used at the end of a sentence, probably on the basis of a specious analogy to Latin. Grammarians in the 18th century refined the doctrine, and the rule has since become one of the most venerated maxims of schoolroom grammar. But sentences ending with prepositions can be found in the works of most of the great writers since the Renaissance. English syntax does allow for final placement of the preposition, as in We have much to be thankful for or I asked her which course she had signed up for. Efforts to rewrite such sentences to place the preposition elsewhere can have stilted and even comical results, as Winston Churchill demonstrated when he objected to the doctrine by saying "This is the sort of English up with which I cannot put." · Sometimes sentences that end with adverbs, such as I don't know where she will end up or It's the most curious book I've ever run across, are mistakenly thought to end in prepositions. One can tell that up and across are adverbs here, not prepositions, by the ungrammaticality of I don't know up where she will end and It's the most curious book across which I have ever run. It has never been suggested that it is incorrect to end a sentence with an adverb." - The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Answer 3

Where are you going
is correct.
do not end sentences in prepositions.
a good way to remember that is to ask yourself if the sentence makes sense without the "to" or the "at" at the end.
where are you going, says what it needs to say.
the "to" at the end is redundant.
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Answer 4

You could avoid the problem by asking, "Where is your destination?" or "Where will you be once you've ceased travelling?"

I think, "Where are you going?" is the correct way to ask.

Answer 5

Lose the to or move it to the beginning of the sentence. Don't end a sentence in a preposition.

Answer 6

Where are you going? is correct you should never end a sentence with a to or at.

Answer 7

the first one

Answer 8

This is America, we don't abide by the correct ways of speaking. We say, "whats up", "whats happening", "where you heading", "where y'at".

Anything you think of should be fine.

Answer 9

technically, you are not supposed to end a sentence (written or verbal) with a preposition. "to" is a preposition so I would say "Where are you going?" is more appropriate.

Answer 10

Why are you traveling? Or Where is your final destination?