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Merriam-Webster weighs in on a grammer rule. Any opinions here? Personally, I've never seen the sense of the rule. Big Al
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Does this mean that, "Where are you going to?" should not end with "bit**?
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| Beatification Candidate |
 Big Al
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana  |
the very idea hurts my ear.
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Minor Deity |
Ending prepositions are not wrong, but they bother me aesthetically. Unless I'm writing dialogue or conversational-sounding narration that's in first person or close third person, I'll reword the sentence before I use one.
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity  |
This is the sort of thing up with which I will not put!
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| knitterati Beatification Candidate  |
Ditto!
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Minor Deity |
Is a preposition needed here?
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There are no 'rules' in language, let alone ones promulgated by committees editing dictionaries and similar 'rule books.' This article says as much. | |||
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
I wrote a text today-- "Please find my scissors I'm cutting rags with." I think this is the first time I've done it.  | |||
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| Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana  |
From my super pedantic grammar nerd knothole: it’s a PRE-position. Clearly, the name says it goes BEFORE another word, so it canNOT be at the end of a sentence.
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