Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Ending Sentences with Prepositions

Rule: Prepositions should NOT end a sentence!

Preposition: A word that usually precedes a noun or pronoun and expresses relationships between entities.

Examples: 
on, under, above, aside, by, after, etc.

How many people do you hear or see end their sentences, when speaking and writing, with a preposition?  How about when you speak?  Why is it so wrong when we still understand the sentences clearly?  Does anyone still follow this rule?


Incorrect Phrases:

Where are you at?
Who did you sit by?

It just takes entirely too much time to not end some sentences with a preposition, right?  I mean who says stuff like, "By whom did you sit?"

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