Timeline for When is it better to finish a sentence with a preposition? [duplicate]
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| Apr 21 at 12:17 | history | left closed in review |
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| Mar 25 at 23:06 | comment | added | Araucaria - Not here any more. | @FumbleFingers Yes, the venerable and inimitable StoneyB. I'd like to know he's ok, whatever he's doing. Been looking out for northern lights, but no joy yet. Thanks for the upvote, FF! | |
| Mar 25 at 22:39 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | btw - I already upvoted your answer around the same time as my vtc. Just on the basis of the final paragraph - pure KISS! | |
| Mar 25 at 22:16 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Araucaria-Nothereanymore.: You make a good case. On top of which in retrospect I was careless to vtc in the first place. I just glanced at the linked question to see I'd upvoted the top-rated answer from sorely-missed StoneyB, so I thought that was good enough. But checking more carefully, I see I downvoted a couple of the "tied-for-second-place" answers (including the one the witless OP actually accepted!). And although there's certainly nothing wrong with StoneyB's answer, I'm in no doubt now that yours is much better in terms of simple advice to any [early] learner, not just this OP! | |
| Mar 25 at 16:40 | comment | added | Araucaria - Not here any more. | @FumbleFingers Hi FF, Any chance of a reopen vote at all? (See my edit note!) :) | |
| Mar 24 at 13:09 | history | edited | Araucaria - Not here any more. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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Duplicate of Is ending a sentence with a preposition acceptable? | |
| Mar 24 at 12:07 | comment | added | Araucaria - Not here any more. | @FumbleFingers You are exactly right. But, for readers it's worth pointing out that Churchill never said any such thing! | |
| Mar 24 at 12:06 | history | edited | Araucaria - Not here any more. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 24 at 12:03 | answer | added | Araucaria - Not here any more. | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 24 at 12:02 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | ...but I will say it took me a while to get my head around the relatively new usage "We're going to the cinema. Do you want to come with?" | |
| Mar 24 at 11:56 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Does this answer your question? Is ending a sentence with a preposition acceptable? See also Sentence that finishes with prepositions. Mostly, the "rule" about not ending an English sentence with a preposition only exists so people like Churchill can poke fun at it with This is the sort of pedantic nonsense up with which I will not put. | |
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| S Mar 24 at 11:46 | history | asked | Falcon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |