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elleng

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Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Feb 15, 2024, 09:38 PM

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"(P)ermissible in English for a preposition to be what you end a sentence with" - Merriam Webster [View all] Yavin4 Feb 2024 OP

LOLOLOL!!! elleng Feb 2024 #1

I'd say that quite a few of us are owed a grade correction or two. LOL hlthe2b Feb 2024 #2

Just think where you would be today... ret5hd Feb 2024 #3

NOW they tell us? I wasted all that time for no reason! ms liberty Feb 2024 #4

So China bought Merriam-Webster and their trying to hack our language rules? Or have they become "woke". Wonder Why Feb 2024 #5

Of course not. You are much too intelligent. niyad Feb 2024 #14

That's Greek to me. :) malthaussen Feb 2024 #18

Well, it is pretty Geeky! Wonder Why Feb 2024 #20

I remember trying to learn this in english class and it would give me a brain cramp...nt mitch96 Feb 2024 #6

" That is something up with which I will not put." attributed to Winston Churchill. niyad Feb 2024 #7

That was the first thing that came to my mind, too! GiqueCee Feb 2024 #12

There are a few different versions of this quote. 3catwoman3 Feb 2024 #35

The countless hours that could have been saved with limbicnuminousity Feb 2024 #8

An outgoing southern belle from Atlanta Mr.Bill Feb 2024 #9

Thank you for the memory. niyad Feb 2024 #13

Okay. Mr.Bill Feb 2024 #15

I always get a kick out of that story. Just weird that way. niyad Feb 2024 #16

All depends on where yer at... Thunderbeast Feb 2024 #10

I asked the English professor, "Where's the Library at?" Warren_Pointe Feb 2024 #11

As a writer, may I offer my solutions? CTyankee Feb 2024 #17

I think, perhaps, that you missed the joke. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #22

Actually, I was trying to play along with the poster. Some things in writingjust don't seem "right" to me and I seek CTyankee Feb 2024 #24

Heheh. How to Write Good. blm Feb 2024 #27

At the university of Arkansas Warren_Pointe Feb 2024 #33

I'm pretty sedulous about not ending sentences with prepositions... malthaussen Feb 2024 #19

OMG birdographer Feb 2024 #21

I see where you're coming from. (n/t) OilemFirchen Feb 2024 #30

🤣 birdographer Feb 2024 #32

What's a preposition, lol? intrepidity Feb 2024 #23

In the early '70s I was geeked out over an advanced grammar course, thinking UTUSN Feb 2024 #25

Yay! blm Feb 2024 #26

Write well. cachukis Feb 2024 #28

If someone corrects you about that in a conversation they are not your friend. Srkdqltr Feb 2024 #29

Yikes! That's one of the lessons that stuck with me from 7th grade grammar class Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #31

Churchill's thoughts about this... ailsagirl Feb 2024 #34