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Don’t End a Sentence with a Preposition—Where Did This Myth Come From?

I love this kind of history. Sad this kind of idiocy has affected 200+ years of authorship.

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JacarC 8 Aug 7
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People often claim that Winston Churchill pooh-poohed the rule, saying something like, "That is a piece of arrant pedantry up with which I shall not put." This story, like the God story, comes in countless variations with no evidence.

alfresco Level 4 Aug 8, 2018
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Level 8

Steven Pinker's vids about language are great::: This is a wonderfully full lecture:::

JacarC Level 8 Aug 7, 2018
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Level 8

The article is wonderfully detailed.

JacarC Level 8 Aug 7, 2018
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Level 6

What the hell is a preposition ???

Michael67 Level 6 Aug 7, 2018

You talkin to me?
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Level 8

@Jacar -- LOL

That old rigidity again. ----------------> Whence came this myth?

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Level 8

Yep I’ve been shutting fools down for this since middle school. It usually functions as an adverb at the end of a sentence. It’s quite awkward to avoid sometimes and even if it were true, as a part time grammar Nazi, (full time lover) I would rather sound colloquial than pretentious.

Wurlitzer Level 8 Aug 7, 2018
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