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
So awkward English became a status symbol, much like the crazy big hooped skirts that made it hard for upper-crust women to walk around or do much of anything, or huge, elaborate wigs that were beastly hot to wear and often crawling with lice. 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 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