Posted on 05/18/2019 5:30:39 AM PDT by Moonman62
Or a proposition :)
I never followed the rule anyway, so I’m not sure what he is referring to.
I always prefer not to torture my sentences in order to follow this silly rule. It never made much sense, anyway.
It is ridiculous to impose Latin grammar rules on English. Shall we start declining nouns in a case structure, thereby confusing everyone?
What is it called when an undercover cop posing as a prostitute arrests a John?
A proposition ends in a sentence.
So what am I supposed to end a sentence with?
Interesting bit of information about the supposed formation of this rule. I always try to keep Dryden’s rule when writing. its more difficult when speaking.
These grammar rules are nonsense up with which I will not put!
Screw all that crap. I’m upset that I seldom ever see the Oxford comma used anywhere.
Tom, Dick and Harry (future legal problems . . . does the estate get divided up into 2 parts or 3? Legally, just 2)
Tom, Dick, and Harry (correct)
LOL
First good joke i’ve heard in a while :)
"A preposition is something you should never end a sentence with."
“This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.”
Winston Churchill
Well played.
...So what am I supposed to end a sentence with?
With what am I supposed to end a sentence
And I happen to like John Dryden's work.
Joking aside, I think avoiding a prepositional ending does sound cleaner, but it's like splitting an infinitive: there are times when it is simply ridiculous. It's not a point I'd quibble about.
I am constantly correcting my friends that they should not end a sentence with a preposition,
When one of them asked “Where are you at?”, I told him that you never end a sentence with a preposition.
His reply, which has now become standard in my circle of friends:
“Sorry; where are you at, a$$hole?”
Was it Churchill who said, “Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.”
Ping to Grammar Nazis...come on in.
LOL - I see what you did there!There, I see what you did.
Or something...
Grammar rules are like speed limits. Often they are ignored. But, they are there for a reason.
I will trade you the odd preposition for a complete attack on people using their pronouns in the wrong order (”Me and my friend.”
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