The Surprising Truth About Ending Sentences with Prepositions That English Teachers Won’t Tell You
Who are you going with?
What are you waiting for?
We need something to put it in.
As you can see, these are all standard sentences. They adhere to the rules of grammar yet they all end in prepositions. Just try rewriting them without prepositions at the end:
With whom are you going?
For what are you waiting?
We need something in which to put it.
These are all technically correct too, if you don’t mind sounding like you were born three hundred years ago.
Try it for yourself
Take a look at the following sentence:
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