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I often ask myself: if the preposition can be placed before the verb and not after it, will the construction "as for to" be grammatically correct in comparison to "as for" or "as to"?

  • As for to where you are going, "The place is horrible" they say.

    In comparison to:

    1. As for where you are going to, "The place is horrible" they say.
    2. As to where you are going (to), "The place is horrible" they say.

What do you think friends?

Edit: To those whom it concerns "as for/to" means "changing the subject".

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  • Well, I can't see them as unnatural, please explain. I know the difference between as for/to... notice that here I imply "changing the subject" in which case both prepositions act equally. Commented Jan 22, 2018 at 11:34
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    The only really natural construction in UK English is 'As for where you are going, "The place is horrible" they say.` I have no idea what you are trying to ask. Commented Jan 22, 2018 at 11:40
  • @SeanHoulihane This is exactly what I'm trying to ask. Commented Jan 22, 2018 at 11:53

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to refers to movement towards.

I am going to London.

So, when referring to the place itself, and not to the act of traveling to the place, the preposition is likely to be dropped:

As for the place you're going, I hear it's rather dangerous.

Compare:

Did I just hear you say you're from Austin? That's where I'm going on vacation.

But a speaker could just as well have in mind the intention to visit and be referring to that intention and the trip as much as to the place itself:

As for the place you're going to, I hear it's rather dangerous.

going to can express intention periphrastically:

As for the place you're going to go (to), I hear it's rather dangerous.

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"As for where you're going to" is the way to say this, though as the commenters suggest, it would be common(er?) to drop the "to".

As you suspect, "As to where you're going" is not begging for that same "to" at the end.

If you replace "where" with a noun phrase you'll get a much greater demand for that "to":

As for the house you're going to...

Either way, "as for to" is so strange that it led me and perhaps one commenter to misparse your sentence and rule it un-English. A closer look reveals it to be theoretically acceptable ("As for the question of to which house you're going"), but very improbable.

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  • So the "to" isn't necessary here at all? Commented Jan 22, 2018 at 12:48
  • Not for "where". Go to a place; go somewhere. Commented Jan 22, 2018 at 15:04

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