My understanding as to not ending a sentence with a preposition was that the rule originated in Latin - where the preposition must be followed by the object in order to be correct. I'm ambivalent about the rule. I think the rearrangement of words to avoid such is a neat trick that shows off one's verbal acrobatics, but also generally unnecessary to clarifying one's meaning.Thanks, G.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
On Ending Sentences with Prepositions:
I tend to agree with Gloria:
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Agreed. I believe most literary 'scholars' have abandoned the rule. Check the Chicago Manual of Style. I'm almost positive it no longer requires strict adherence to the rule.
i agree with that sentiment.
does that mean i am not addicted to trying not to end sentences with prepositions? no. that's just a hangup i'm stuck with. but...trying not to end a sentence with a preposition may obscure the sentence's meaning. i learned that lesson, strangely enough, from the federal agent character in beavis and butt-head do america.
If you choose to do law review next year, you will become intimately familiar with the Texas Law Review Manual position on the issue. Enjoy.
Sharon, I like you, but you really need to spell the titles of your posts correctly. In particular, when you post about a grammar subject, the post will be less ironic if you simply proofread the title of your post so that there isn't a glaring spelling error.
In other words, there is no such word as "preposistions."
Glad to see Lat has fired yo' ass from ATL!
Hardly. Good try though!
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