Clause ending with a preposition?
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 1:03 am
So I'm putting some final touches to my first draft and I notice that I've written a few clauses ending with prepositions.
I remember I had this one old-school professor who insisted that they be removed/relocated, but I've always been in the camp that it's an acceptable usage if it feels natural. I did some research on the Internet and it seems that the majority of grammarians today agree with my position regarding this issue, so I'm tempted to go with the sentences that I have but I'm also worried that there might be an adcom who's a stickler for this no-preposition "doctrine" (I refuse to call it a rule because there's no real justification for it in the English language and grammarians are leaning against its favor).
tl;dr: clause ending with a preposition in PS - yay or no-no?
A random side note: Supposedly, an editor once corrected Churchill for this usage, which led Churchill remark "This is the kind of tedious nonsense up with which I will not put." lulz.
I remember I had this one old-school professor who insisted that they be removed/relocated, but I've always been in the camp that it's an acceptable usage if it feels natural. I did some research on the Internet and it seems that the majority of grammarians today agree with my position regarding this issue, so I'm tempted to go with the sentences that I have but I'm also worried that there might be an adcom who's a stickler for this no-preposition "doctrine" (I refuse to call it a rule because there's no real justification for it in the English language and grammarians are leaning against its favor).
tl;dr: clause ending with a preposition in PS - yay or no-no?
A random side note: Supposedly, an editor once corrected Churchill for this usage, which led Churchill remark "This is the kind of tedious nonsense up with which I will not put." lulz.