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From: "Henry Cranford" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Prepositions - what to do
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:34:13 -0700
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I took an advance grammar course in college. Dr. Webb, our professor,
pet peeve was teachers who kept saying you are not supposed end to end a
sentence with a preposition. According to her, a word which can be used as a
preposition becomes an adverbial form when it used at the end of a sentence
without an object. Since grammar is her area of expertise, I will never
argue again with anyone who ends a sentence with a word which can be used as
a preposition. --Henry
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cardinal" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:43 AM
Subject: RE: [TMG] Prepositions - what to do


> Darrell A. Martin wrote:
>> At 05:30 PM 3/1/2005, Teresa Elliott wrote:
>> >Isn't that ending a sentence with a preposition? Tsk, tsk.
>> >
>> >Teresa Ghee Elliott
>>
>> Hi, Teresa:
>>
>> The prohibition against ending a sentence with a preposition
>> is a Latin rule of grammar that English (as spoken, even by
>> the educated) has never subscribed to. English uses
>> prepositions adverbially all the time, making a preposition
>> something it is perfectly acceptable to end a sentence with.
>>
>> Darrell
>>
>> P.S. You may chuckle that I ended my paragraph with a
>> preposition. Did you notice I ended *both* sentences that way?
>
> Darrell,
>
> You asked for it! <g>
>
> I won't argue whether or not English grammatical rules forbid the use of a
> preposition at the end of a sentence. However, both sentences in your
> message seem a little awkward and could be improved easily. I usually find
> that to be the case; a sentence that ends with a preposition is a little
> awkward and restructuring the sentence improves it.
>
> "English speakers, highly educated or not, do not follow the Latin rule
> against ending a sentence with a preposition. English uses prepositions
> adverbially all the time, making a preposition perfectly acceptable at the
> end of a sentence."
>
> Of course, this post is just payback for the corrections you make to my SS
> help files! <g> And I know I am opening myself up to well educated writers
> who will correct my correction!
>
> John
>
>
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