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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@Jacar -- LOL
That old rigidity again. ----------------> Whence came this myth?
evidentialist
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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.
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