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haoqide

#38639 Wed, 21 Jul 04 08:52 PM

I really don't know...that's a good questions. I'm sure there's some kind of secret part-of-speech that I don't know about, and those words fall into that category in this situation. heheh

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anon1

#38640 Wed, 21 Jul 04 09:01 PM

You might find this following link helpful on prepositions at the end of a sentence.

I especially like Churchill's quote....

This is the kind of impertinence up with which I shall not put.

I have seen numerous variations of Churchill's quote, so many that I am not sure which quote is the actual true quote. Here's another...

This is something up with which I will not put.

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haoqide

#38642 Wed, 21 Jul 04 09:08 PM

HHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH, those are classic!

haoqide

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#38669 Thu, 22 Jul 04 12:11 AM

looked it up with gurunet...

from the article on in:

adv.
To or toward the inside: opened the door and stepped in.
To or toward a destination or goal: The mob closed in.
Sports. So as to score, as by crossing home plate in baseball: singled the runner in.

from the article on on:

adv.
In or into a position or condition of being supported by or in contact with something: Put the coffee on.
In or into a position of being attached to or covering something: Put your clothes on.
In the direction of something: He looked on while the ship docked.

Toward or at a point lying ahead in space or time; forward: The play moved on to the next city.
At or to a more distant point in time or space: I'll do it later on.

So it could be an adverb.

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anon1

#38674 Thu, 22 Jul 04 12:33 AM

looked it up with gurunet...

GuruNet is great, isn't it?

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PASTEL

#38731 Thu, 22 Jul 04 12:03 PM

Sometimes days begin with nothing to look forward to.

How about this one? 'to' is a preposition at the end of the sentence. How can I rewrite it?

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anon1

#38766 Thu, 22 Jul 04 04:32 PM

Wild guess...

Sometimes days begin to which nothing to look forward.

You can end sentences with prepositions. (See Churchill's quotes above.) So I wouldn't worry about it.

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#38771 Thu, 22 Jul 04 05:00 PM

or:

Sometimes days begin with nothing to which you can look forward.

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PASTEL

#38775 Thu, 22 Jul 04 05:26 PM

Thanks there.

PASTEL

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