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"...and all would have to be accounted for." Improper sentence ending at 'for'. Please suggest alternative [duplicate]
I have this statement that I do not want to end at 'for' (I read somewhere that it is improper to end at 'for').
The problem is hard as there are many sources of failures, and all
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Ending a sentence with a preposition? [duplicate]
Recently in an episode of 'House of cards' they bring up the joke
"Two freshmen girls are moving into their dorm room together. One of them's from Georgia, one of them's from Connecticut. The girl ...
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Sentences that end in "with" [duplicate]
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When is it appropriate to end a sentence in a preposition?
If I can't end a sentence with the preposition "with", does this mean that the following sentences are ...
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Why do so many people use a preposition with which to end a sentence? [duplicate]
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When is it okay to end a sentence in a preposition?
I see it a lot, even though my elementary teacher told me it is wrong. This is probably a new development, a sign that our ...
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Can I end a sentence with "on"? [duplicate]
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When is it okay to end a sentence in a preposition?
Does this sentence make sense "I would like to propose forming a partnership where we work together to provide optimal ...
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Is the structure "X, whom I've had the pleasure of being the mentor of" proper? [duplicate]
John is the mentor of Anna. John introduces Anna as:
"Anna, whom I've had the pleasure of being the mentor of".
Would the following be more correct?
"Anna, of whom I've had the pleasure of being ...
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Do prepositions at the end of sentences, and split infinitives any longer matter? [duplicate]
In the 1950s we were strongly discouraged from placing prepositions at the end of sentences, and also from using split infinitives. Is this considered important now?
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which group I belong to vs to which group I belong [duplicate]
I don't know which group I belong to.
I don't know to which group I belong.
Which one of the sentences is true?
Note: An answer was given to this question when it still read "I don't know (to) ...
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Ending a clause with a preposition, rule of thumb or hard rule? [duplicate]
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When is it okay to end a sentence in a preposition?
So we've all heard the admonishments from our teachers not to end a clause with a preposition
A plumber visits a wealthy ...
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What would be proper grammar for this sentence? [duplicate]
Could you please tell me how to properly write the following sentence? I believe I know the grammar rule but I must not be creative enough to think of an alternative sentence structure. Here's the ...
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History of the non-rule that proscribes ending a sentence with a preposition [duplicate]
Famously, if not accurately, Winston Churchill is supposed to have responding to an editor who had "fixed" a sentence ending with a preposition by writing, "This is the sort of thing up with which I ...
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Where to put the preposition of "approve"? [duplicate]
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When is it appropriate to end a sentence in a preposition?
In this answer I wrote
[You can use it] to take pictures of a movie in a cinema, of which the
cinema guys ...
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In what restaurant or what restaurant [duplicate]
I texted my mother and told her that I was eating in a restaurant.
My mother asked:
What restaurant are you in?
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In what restaurant are you?
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"the board of directors I have just became a member of" or "of which I have just became a member" [duplicate]
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When is it appropriate to end a sentence in a preposition?
Possessive connecting word for inanimate object
I am not sure about following sentence being grammatically correct:
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A question ending with preposition "of" [duplicate]
I would like to know whether this is correct:
He uses a car instead of a bus.
What does he use a car instead of?
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