dionusos1
12-10-2007, 08:08 PM
I generally don't end a sentence with a preposition, unless the sentence sounds awkward. What's your view?
http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/prepositions1.html
The author here gives some good examples of when the orthodoxy of not ending sentences with prespositions ought to be violated.
" Here's another example: There is no need to notify us about problems of which we are already aware.
Doesn't it sound far better to say: There is no need to notify us about problems that we are already aware of.
I just came across this example in a newspaper article this morning:
Officials in Iraq still have not decided with whom he will be allowed to meet.
Now see how this version sounds to you: Officials in Iraq still have not decided whom he will be allowed to meet with."
http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/prepositions1.html
The author here gives some good examples of when the orthodoxy of not ending sentences with prespositions ought to be violated.
" Here's another example: There is no need to notify us about problems of which we are already aware.
Doesn't it sound far better to say: There is no need to notify us about problems that we are already aware of.
I just came across this example in a newspaper article this morning:
Officials in Iraq still have not decided with whom he will be allowed to meet.
Now see how this version sounds to you: Officials in Iraq still have not decided whom he will be allowed to meet with."