MorphinBrony
Since: Jan, 2015
Jun 16th 2016 at 11:31:22 PM
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It is actually okay to end a sentence with a preposition in any way. The "grammatically correct" way just doesn't flow as well. Indeed, the Oxford English Dictionary agrees. Since there is no higher authority on the English language, saying otherwise is wrong.
0dd1
Just awesome like that
Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
Mar 26th 2011 at 6:44:10 PM
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So, this is a sentence used as an example on the page: "Mary bought all that cat John gave her's siblings, she liked it so much."
How the hell is that supposed to be read? Is it correct?
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The s's is one I think needs attention.
If a proper name ends in an S you can indicate possession by the apostrophe without another s.
It is correct to write: "That is James' giant peach. It belongs to James."
It is also correct, but a lot more kludgy looking to write "That is James's martini. He bought it at the bar".
There are people who go looking at the first method, decide it is wrong and "correct" every instance to the also correct but more kludgy looking variant.
It gets under my skin a bit.