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3 Sep 2024 19:12:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Two things that irritate me  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 30 Aug 2010 14:55:29
Message: <4c7bfea1$1@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:51:58 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Warp wrote:
>> It's ok to end a sentence in a preposition,
> 
> Even the guy who invented the rule said it was OK as long as the
> preposition was necessary. The actual rule is to not add an extra
> preposition that doesn't change the sentence.
> 
> I.e., "Where is the library at?" can be just as easily written "Where is
> the library?"
> 
> On the other hand, "Who did you give it to?" is fine, because you can't
> say "Who did you give it?"

Except that it should be "Whom", IIRC. ;-)

Jim


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