@SatyrSack to Chevron 7@lemmy.world • 2 months agoYou need to study your grammar, sonfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square16arrow-up178
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minus-square@alexc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoI think it’s more technically correct as “of whom are you afraid” as you should not end a sentence with a preposition. Then again, I’m a software engineer so perhaps not.
minus-squarev_krishnalinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months ago Bork, you’re a Federal Agent. You represent the United States government. Never end a sentence with a preposition!
minus-square@alexc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoI had hoped someone would give me this quote…
minus-square@hakase@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 months agoEnding sentences with prepositions is something up with which I will not put!
minus-square@Kethal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-221 days agoYou can end a sentence in a preposition, and whom isn’t a preposition anyway. It’s a pronoun.
minus-square@cordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months ago“Of her, I am afraid.” Great, now I’m sounds like Yoda.
minus-square@ScrollerBall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoIt’s fine to end a sentence with a prepositional or phrasal verb. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/end-sentence-preposition/
I think it’s more technically correct as “of whom are you afraid” as you should not end a sentence with a preposition.
Then again, I’m a software engineer so perhaps not.
I had hoped someone would give me this quote…
Ending sentences with prepositions is something up with which I will not put!
You can end a sentence in a preposition, and whom isn’t a preposition anyway. It’s a pronoun.
“Of her, I am afraid.”
Great, now I’m sounds like Yoda.
It’s fine to end a sentence with a prepositional or phrasal verb. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/end-sentence-preposition/