2007-03-05 11:36:52 · 10 answers · asked by maimatt7 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
No it isn't. We don't usually end a sentence with a preposition. Also, this question contains a redundancy - Where & at have the same meaning = place. So, Where are you? already means that you are asking about the place (at)
2007-03-05 11:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by Just Me 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The rule that says that we do not end a sentence with a preposition ["A preposition is a bad thing to end a sentence WITH" ;-) ] is being softened over time, but still needs to be regarded. The exception seems to be that you may if you are left otherwise with something quite awkward. One of the other respondants is right in saying that in this case, "at" creates a redundancy, which means unnecessarily repetitive. [You may have heard of the Department of Redundancy Department.]
"Where are you?" is grammatically correct here without creating something awkward.
2007-03-05 12:14:20 · answer #2 · answered by Bob T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. You cannot end a sentence with a preposition, and "at" is a preposition. If you think about it, "at" doesn't make sense here. "At" is always part of a prepositional phrase or specifies where or when.
Jane ate popcorn AT THE MOVIES. (Prep. phrase)
Jane's movie ended AT TEN O'CLOCK. (Prep phrase.)
AT what movie theater are you, Jane?
The proper way to phrase that is, using those words:
At what place are you?
2007-03-05 12:02:58 · answer #3 · answered by Squeegee Beckingheim :-) 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not proper grammar. You should never end a sentence in a preposition.
2007-03-05 11:41:15 · answer #4 · answered by Hannah Gabrielle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is grammatically permissible to end sentences with prepositions:
|--: What state are you in?
|--: What highway are you on?
|--: What offramp are you at?
There are more formal ways of phrasing such questions, and one might expect more formality in certain contexts.
The particular phraseology "Where are you at?" is so informal as to strike many people as slang or idiom, but it breaks no rules of grammar.
2007-03-05 11:52:26 · answer #5 · answered by Joe S 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It is fine. Most of the rules that English teachers produce are guidelines. But, great authors break those rules all the time. The question is whether what you write is understandable. And, the example makes perfect sense.
BTW, it is grammar.
2007-03-05 11:46:27 · answer #6 · answered by Your Best Fiend 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, is not proper grammar. You should ask: Where are you?
2007-03-05 11:45:13 · answer #7 · answered by Marian30 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not proper grammar. You should say, "Where are you?" or "At which location will you be tomorrow?"
2007-03-05 11:40:14 · answer #8 · answered by Sabina 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. You should answer it with be. Where you be?
2007-03-05 11:46:12 · answer #9 · answered by just_curious 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-03-05 11:44:29 · answer #10 · answered by frenchie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋