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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
It may be true that avoiding sentences that end in prepositions is a practice that died long ago but just try to tell that to your teacher or prof after he/she/it has graded your paper.
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On the subject of ending sentences with prepositions, people often recount a story involving Winston Churchill. When an editor dared to change a sentence of Churchill's that appeared to end inappropriately with a preposition, Churchill responded by writing to the editor, "This is the kind of impertinence up with which I shall not put." His purpose, of course, was to illustrate the awkwardness that can result from rigid adherence to the notion that prepositions at the end of sentences are always incorrect.
From my favorite web site on English grammer and word usage:
http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/022703.htm
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