http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PutOn/clvpb/post.htm#222497Thu, 04 May 2006 19:19:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222497Philip0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PutOn/clvpb/post.htm#222497http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-222497.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><table width="85%"><tr><td class="txt4"><img src="/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif">&nbsp;<strong>MyShirley wrote:</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="quoteTable"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" class="txt4"> <P>You need to put on the belt. </P> <P>Is it correct to use put on?</P> <P>thanks</P></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT color=#0000ff>It's perfectly correct.&nbsp; In AE you would more often hear "you need to put the belt on", because we seem to love ending sentences in prepositions.&nbsp; [However, there are some, myself included, who would claim that this is not a case of a preposition, but rather a two-word verb.&nbsp; "Put the belt <STRONG>on</STRONG> the chair" would be a preposition.]</FONT><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PutOn/clvpr/post.htmThu, 04 May 2006 19:01:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222496MyShirley1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PutOn/clvpr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-222496.xml<P>You need to put on the belt. </P> <P>Is it correct to use put on?</P> <P>thanks</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>