Has much of which to be proud

Enderby

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It's been bugging me.

The forum point score thing/level/rating description of "Has much to be proud of". I cannot abide to see a sentence ending in "of".

Can someone please amend this serious issue? [mad]
 
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Marklar_

Marklar_
Enderby said:
It's been bugging me.

The forum point score thing/level/rating description of "Has much to be proud of". I cannot abide to see a sentence ending in "of".

Can someone please amend this serious issue? [mad]
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Despite what your English teacher may have told you, it is perfectly fine to end an English sentence with a preposition, as long as it is done properly. There's nothing wrong with that sentence. The rule about not ending a sentence with a preposition comes from Latin and does not really apply to modern English.

Which sounds more like natural conversational English:

He has much to be proud of.

vs.

He has much of which to be proud.
 
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Enderby

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Marklar4408 said:
Despite what your English teacher may have told you, it is perfectly fine to end an English sentence with a preposition, as long as it is done properly. There's nothing wrong with that sentence. The rule about not ending a sentence with a preposition comes from Latin and does not really apply to modern English.

Which sounds more like natural conversational English:

He has much to be proud of.

vs.

He has much of which to be proud.
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I disagree. It is entirely unseemly.

But, having got it off my chest, I feel a lot better. I have shared.
 

Enderby

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It may be technically 'correct' but it is inelegant and an abhorrence to all humankind.

However, I do thank and respect you for your learned responses.
 

Enderby

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Marklar4408 said:
Despite what your English teacher may have told you, it is perfectly fine to end an English sentence with a preposition, as long as it is done properly. There's nothing wrong with that sentence. The rule about not ending a sentence with a preposition comes from Latin and does not really apply to modern English.

Which sounds more like natural conversational English:

He has much to be proud of.

vs.

He has much of which to be proud.
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It's because of people like you that things have come to this, this.... baah! ;)
 

metascrawl

metascrawl
There is a quote attributed to Churchill that illustrates how awkward it can be if you stick to this rule too religiously.

"This is the sort of English up with which I will not put."

I think it's fine to end sentences with prepositions depending on the circumstances. I certainly didn't do it in MA English Literature coursework, but I'll do it on a message board or in casual speech.

EDIT: Oh man, these ninjas are everywhere.
 
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metascrawl

metascrawl
Be at ease sir, I've no quarrel with you. There are more pressing matters to discuss as I'm sure you'll agree. Now then: do you feel that we should return to the gold standard?
 
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