The rule banishing terminal prepositions from educated discourse was invented by the late-17th-century British critic and poet John Dryden.
76 months ago

The answer depends on how you side with a declaration from Merriam-Webster: "It is permissible in English for a preposition to be what you end a sentence with,"
10 months ago

Ending a sentence or clause with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of, writes grammar expert June Casagrande.
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But Larive has drunk deeply from the wells of Miroslav Volf, and thus relies on a Trinitarian scheme according to which each Person of the...
153 months ago

Cal OES has been working proactively to preposition dozens of fire engines, dozers, water tenders, helicopters and personnel throughout California amid weather...
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In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying, writing, and correcting prepositions in a variety of sentences.
96 months ago

On, to be clear, has always been in heavy rotation. It currently ranks as the sixth most frequently used preposition in the English language,...
129 months ago

Anyone who never ended sentences with prepositions in casual speech would risk a certain sparseness of social life. Indeed, even grammarians...
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Many learners have questions about English grammar rules for using prepositions of place and time. We present a few simple guidelines to...
83 months ago

the English language prohibition against “preposition stranding”—ending a sentence with a preposition like with, at, or of—is not like this. It...
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