Timeline for When is it appropriate to end a sentence in a preposition?
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| May 27, 2016 at 22:33 | comment | added | Dan Henderson | The object is the understood 'you'. "I want to go with (you)!" | |
| May 27, 2016 at 19:56 | comment | added | Jay | @DanHenderson I'm not clear what that's a counter-example of or to. I'd say "I want to go with" is pad grammar because "with" has no object. Are you saying it's valid? | |
| May 26, 2016 at 15:41 | comment | added | Dan Henderson | @Jay Counterexample: "I'm going to the store." "I want to go with!" | |
| May 26, 2016 at 15:36 | comment | added | Dan Henderson | A lot of the grammar rules we learn in elementary school are taught because we may not yet be ready to learn all the proper nuances, and so we have a simple blanket rule, to prevent a common learner's mistake (e.g. an omitted object). Another example is "Don't start a sentence with 'and'." And that rule exists because an English novice may place a full stop before a conjunction where they should use a comma instead. But, of course, there is a correct way to start a sentence with 'and'; the novice just isn't ready to learn to differentiate that yet. | |
| Dec 4, 2015 at 22:10 | comment | added | Sk Johnson | Correct that your examples are of the verb + preposition + noun construction and therefore are incorrect since a noun is missing. However both go with and put up with are of the verb + helping verb (sometimes also called the verb + particle) construction. Whatever you want to call it, no preposition is present in either and, therefore, either can be used to end a sentence.. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 21:13 | comment | added | Jay | @SkJohnson True that "go with" has an idiomatic meaning. But "go" is still a verb and "with" is still a preposition, and the preposition still requires an object. You wouldn't say, "I want to go with", period. The listener would naturally ask, "Go with whom?" Or "Peanut butter goes with." Goes with what? | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 19:25 | comment | added | Sk Johnson | go with is a verb phrase, rules regarding prepositions don't apply. See here google.com/url?url=http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/… | |
| Oct 14, 2014 at 15:39 | comment | added | user0721090601 | @Jay the difference is specificity for me. Where is it? England. Where's it at? About half an hour northeast of Leeds. Or, if I'm waiting on a friend. Where are you? On my way. Where are you at? Just passed exit 54. Could be just a regional difference (I'm Southern AmE). | |
| Oct 14, 2014 at 14:24 | comment | added | Jay | @guifa And what is the difference in meaning between the two questions? If someone mentioned, say, the city of York, and you then asked "Where is it?", I would likely reply, "In northern England." If you asked, "Where is it at?", wouldn't the logical reply be the same? | |
| Oct 11, 2014 at 23:39 | comment | added | user0721090601 | To me, "Where is it?" and "Where is it at?" are two different questions and are not generally interchangeable. | |
| Aug 4, 2014 at 5:58 | comment | added | user3847 | Why not use the 'plain-talk rule'? 'I want to go with that girl'. | |
| Jan 20, 2012 at 23:44 | history | edited | Daniel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 20, 2012 at 20:13 | history | answered | Jay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |