Sunday, March 13, 2011

To, with, on, for, of, at. Eeew...

Gwen: I don't like it when people end sentences with prepositions. Mostly 'at.'
Ethan: Wait, how do you end a sentence with 'at'?
Gwen: "What time was it at?"
Dad: "Where were you at?"
Truman: "Where are you going?...at."

Gwen: Where do these go?
(Simultaneously)
Ethan: I don't know what those are.
Truman: Up your nostrils.



I know that "Who are you going with?" sounds less stilted than "With whom are you going?" But still. In many cases that dangling "at" creates an "eeew" in my brain.

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