Poll: Ending a sentence in a preposition

[Cinderella94]

How many times would the question "What did you step on?" occur in a professional paper?

Good point.

 

[declansdad]

How many times would the question "What did you step on?" occur in a professional paper?

I agree with a PP; NEVER use a preposition to end a sentence with!

That was just an example. It is perfectly acceptable, regardless of what your English teacher told you, to end a sentence with a preposition if it is used to clarify the intent of the sentence.

 

[collegejunkie]

i don't really pay attention if i'm talking to a friend or writing on a forum such as this or anything, but if it's schoolwork, then i pay attention. i also edit the school paper, so i have to watch out for it there.

 

[Mickey's Other GF]

I have written so many college papers where I can't end sentences with prepositions that now I can't do it when I talk.

 

[fall08CP]

Yes, and I'm very conscious about this habit, and when others do it. I think it sounds okay in speech, but I try to avoid it in formal writing.

/hijack
Did anyone else have to learn the proposition jingle in middle school? Am trying to find it on google but no such luck
/end hijack

 

[NMAmy]

I don't know, I guess it depends on the proposition.

Rats! I always try to be so careful on the grammar threads!