What does refer the word 'to' at the end of the sentence?
- This is the school which I used to go to.
- This is the school which I used to go.
What's the difference between these two sentences, and which one is grammatically correct?
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This is the school which I used to go is not a valid sentence. You don't go school, you go to school.
Some people don't like to end a sentence with a preposition so, to be very formal and correct, you could say This is the school to which I used to go.
answered Sep 28, 2020 at 9:35
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"This is the school where I used to go." Isn't that grammatical? Commented Sep 28, 2020 at 9:50
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But my main point being that you said "You don't go school" the OP doesn't say that in their question. Commented Sep 28, 2020 at 12:54
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'The school which I used to go' suggests that 'school' is the object of the verb 'go'. Commented Sep 28, 2020 at 13:13
Omitting to at the end of the sentence makes the sentence hang. I guess it would help to dissect the sentence.
Think of the following as the base of the sentence:
This is the school which I used to ....
In the simple past tense, went to is used.
I went to this school.
In its simple present tense, went to would be go to. Append it to the "base" sentence, and you have:
This is the school which I used to ... go to.
Take this sentence for comparison:
This is the school I used to ... attend.
This might not be the most technical explanation, but I hope it helps.