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Merriam-Webster is something up with which I shall no longer put

#1 Post by Vandal » Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:19 pm

Merriam-Webster says you can end a sentence with a preposition. The internet goes off

“It is permissible in English for a preposition to be what you end a sentence with,” the dictionary publisher said in a post shared on Instagram last week. “The idea that it should be avoided came from writers who were trying to align the language with Latin, but there is no reason to suggest ending a sentence with a preposition is wrong.”

Even in the cases where an ending preposition sounds odd, it’s still grammatical, if not the best stylistic option.
“It’s very sentence-specific,” said Jovin, who also runs Syntaxis, a New York City-based consultancy that teaches writing skills and email etiquette. “Many sentences where people are avoiding it, they’d be much better off just ending with a preposition.”

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#2 Post by Beebs52 » Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:33 pm

Picky picky picky
Well, then

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#3 Post by tlynn78 » Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:28 am

Vandal wrote:
Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:19 pm
Merriam-Webster says you can end a sentence with a preposition. The internet goes off

“It is permissible in English for a preposition to be what you end a sentence with,” the dictionary publisher said in a post shared on Instagram last week. “The idea that it should be avoided came from writers who were trying to align the language with Latin, but there is no reason to suggest ending a sentence with a preposition is wrong.”

Even in the cases where an ending preposition sounds odd, it’s still grammatical, if not the best stylistic option.
“It’s very sentence-specific,” said Jovin, who also runs Syntaxis, a New York City-based consultancy that teaches writing skills and email etiquette. “Many sentences where people are avoiding it, they’d be much better off just ending with a preposition.”

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https://www.wpr.org/news/can-a-preposit ... r-says-yes

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#4 Post by Vandal » Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:16 am

Can we split infinitives, now?

Can we use less instead of fewer with countables?

What about nauseous versus nauseated?
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#5 Post by BackInTex » Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:25 am

Vandal wrote:
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:16 am
Can we split infinitives, now?

Can we use less instead of fewer with countables?

What about nauseous versus nauseated?
Those are the worstest.
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