SatyrSack to Chevron 7@lemmy.world · 6 months agoYou need to study your grammar, sonfiles.catbox.moeexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up180
arrow-up180external-linkYou need to study your grammar, sonfiles.catbox.moeSatyrSack to Chevron 7@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarealexc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 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_krishna@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months ago Bork, you’re a Federal Agent. You represent the United States government. Never end a sentence with a preposition!
minus-squarealexc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoI had hoped someone would give me this quote…
minus-squarehakase@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-26 months agoEnding sentences with prepositions is something up with which I will not put!
minus-squareScrollerBall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoIt’s fine to end a sentence with a prepositional or phrasal verb. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/end-sentence-preposition/
minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months ago“Of her, I am afraid.” Great, now I’m sounds like Yoda.
minus-squareKethal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoYou can end a sentence in a preposition, and whom isn’t a preposition anyway. It’s a pronoun.
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!
It’s fine to end a sentence with a prepositional or phrasal verb. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/end-sentence-preposition/
“Of her, I am afraid.”
Great, now I’m sounds like Yoda.
You can end a sentence in a preposition, and whom isn’t a preposition anyway. It’s a pronoun.