Every time I see King's College Chapel I remember the "never end a sentence with a preposition" rule. :)) Let me tell you why!
One young American tourist was walking around Cambridge. He approached a couple of young English socialites.
"Hey, y'all, where's King's College Chapel at?"
They sniggered among themselves and one replied haughtily:
"At Cambridge we prefer not to end a sentence with a preposition"
The young redneck thought for a moment and said:
"O.K. Excuse me, where is King's College Chapel at, asshole?"
This rule is a sort of early urban myth. One funny guy said (in the 18th century) that we should avoid ending a sentence with a preposition. Some people fancied this prohibition, as English can't be inferior to Latin ("Preposition" translates from Latin as "a putting before")
The story has a happy ending: "Today, happily, it is universally condemned as a ridiculous affectation"!
3 comments:
i usually like to end all my sentences with a proposition.
as in "hey, thats a nice castle over there. let's hold hands"
hey! that'a a funny post, and the photos are incredible! :)
I guess this rule does not apply to German, because when using "trennbare Verben" (the equivalent to the English phrasal verbs), the preposition HAS TO go at the end of the sentence. Even if the sentence started 50 words ago... What a nightmare! ;)
Cheers!
Adam, :)) You're right! Never use a preposition to end a sentence WITH, but do end your sentence with a proposition ;)
Tonicito, Thanks! Sadly I don't know much about German except for the fact that it is full of jaw-crunching words! :))
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