Merriam-Webster says you can end a sentence with a preposition. The internet goes off
“It is permissible in English for a preposition to be what you end a sentence with,” the dictionary publisher said in a post shared on Instagram last week. “The idea that it should be avoided came from writers who were trying to align the language with Latin, but there is no reason to suggest ending a sentence with a preposition is wrong.”
Even in the cases where an ending preposition sounds odd, it’s still grammatical, if not the best stylistic option.
“It’s very sentence-specific,” said Jovin, who also runs Syntaxis, a New York City-based consultancy that teaches writing skills and email etiquette. “Many sentences where people are avoiding it, they’d be much better off just ending with a preposition.”
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Vandal wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:19 pmMerriam-Webster says you can end a sentence with a preposition. The internet goes off
“It is permissible in English for a preposition to be what you end a sentence with,” the dictionary publisher said in a post shared on Instagram last week. “The idea that it should be avoided came from writers who were trying to align the language with Latin, but there is no reason to suggest ending a sentence with a preposition is wrong.”
Even in the cases where an ending preposition sounds odd, it’s still grammatical, if not the best stylistic option.
“It’s very sentence-specific,” said Jovin, who also runs Syntaxis, a New York City-based consultancy that teaches writing skills and email etiquette. “Many sentences where people are avoiding it, they’d be much better off just ending with a preposition.”
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Can we split infinitives, now?
Can we use less instead of fewer with countables?
What about nauseous versus nauseated?
Can we use less instead of fewer with countables?
What about nauseous versus nauseated?
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Those are the worstest.
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War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
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