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Here are two sentences -- "What do you base your opinion on?" "On what do you base your opinion?" Which is correct? If they are both correct, is one more correct than the other. I'm only 50, but I have always tried to follow the second sentence structure (no sentence should end with a preposition). But, because just about everyone talks like the first sentence structure, I've been told it sounds too "pretentious". Is there ever a case (today) where it is considered wrong to put the preposition at the end of the sentence? Thanks. MarkB/GA
Dan Wagner On 5/05/15, MarkB/GA wrote: > Here are two sentences -- > "What do you base your opinion on?" > "On what do you base your opinion?" > Which is correct? If they are both correct, is one more > correct than the other. > I'm only 50, but I have always tried to follow the second > sentence structure (no sentence...See More
Jun 6, 2015
That is and always was a stupid, pretentious "rule." It dates back to some old English king with too much time on his hands who decided that our language should more closely emulate the French language. Soon all the aristocrats of the time were speaking and writing stilted, affected English and feeling very, very distinguished from the farmers, peasants, and servants who hadn't time to sit around stu...See More
Jun 7, 2015


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