End a Sentence with a Preposition :


You may have learned that ending a sentence with a preposition is a serious breach of grammatical etiquette. It doesn't take a grammarian to spot a sentence-ending preposition, so this is an easy rule to get caught up on (!).


Although it is often easy to remedy the offending preposition, sometimes it isn't, and repair efforts sometimes result in a clumsy sentence.


"Indicate the book you are quoting from" is not greatly improved with "Indicate from which book you are quoting."


Based on shaky historical precedent, the rule itself is a latecomer to the rules of writing. Those who dislike the rule are fond of recalling Churchill's rejoinder:

That is nonsense up with which I shall not put.

We should also remember the child's complaint:

What did you bring that book that I don't like to be read to out of up for?

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Common Prepositions

End a Sentence with a Preposition

Prepositions of Time

Prepositions of Place

Prepositions of Location

Prepositions of Movement

Prepositions with Nouns

Prepositions with Adjectives

Prepositions with Verbs

Idiomatic Expressions with Prepositions

Unnecessary Prepositions

Prepositions in Parallel Form