Timeline for Placement of a preposition in questions
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| Apr 21, 2019 at 13:12 | vote | accept | m039 | ||
| Apr 21, 2019 at 13:12 | vote | accept | m039 | ||
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| Apr 21, 2019 at 11:14 | comment | added | Ronald Sole | The placement of a preposition is seldom about correctness. It is nearly always about natural and idiomatic expression, the way people speak. In both your examples typical native English speakers would place the preposition after the verbs and not at the end of the sentence. In other instances, as I illustrate, they would place the preposition at the end of a sentence. The only rule is that the sentence should sound natural - the way people speak. | |
| Apr 20, 2019 at 18:49 | comment | added | m039 | Thank you for the answer, but I'm still struggling with the question. Are you trying to say that all my four questions are acceptable, and putting a preposition at the end or in the middle of a question is just a personal preference? | |
| Apr 20, 2019 at 18:26 | history | answered | Ronald Sole | CC BY-SA 4.0 |