Alright Folks, here is some findings that i might need some help expanding on. To give a better example of how parents end sentences with prepositions unknowingly which inevitably get passed on to their kids, here is a few example regarding

This Essay is for an English 450 Class and my paper is on Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain. Please Check for grammatical/structural errors and insert any suggestions you have if anyone has a chance! Thank you in advance!!! Pudd’nhead Wilson

Thanks for all your posts! I have explored a lot of the routes you have all suggested and seem to have found something that fits a lot of them. I'm going to explore the idea of how changes in culture, regional differences in language, and the

Barb, Sorry about the 18th century reference error, i was referring to the American book of English Usage while typing the quote from Churchill!! My mistake! I appreciate your input. To add to what you siad about being in difference in the

Winston Churchill objected to the doctrine of not ending a sentence with a preposition when saying, This is the sort of English up with which I cannot put.” I understand that this is correct, but what i am still struggling with is why it is

Marius, Thank you for that hint about the quotation marks, i had completely forgotten about that when using search engines!!! I have not gotten that source yet and will find it at the library! I go to the University of Illinois in Urbana

Grammar Geek, let me clarify my research parameters! It must be on a controversial "grammar" issue, and for much of this semester i have found ending a preposition to be controversial, not just flat out right or wrong, but right in some

Thanks for the search Marius! Throughout my research i find several instances where the source states that ending a sentence with a preposition is a serious breach of grammar etiquette!!! I can't figure out why i keep seeing this because today,

For a graduate research project i am to take a controversial issue such as ending a sentence with a preposition and get opinions on why it is or is not correct?, instances when ending a sentence with a preposition is okay or not okay?, and also

Hi Everyone!!! For this exercise I am supposed to complete we are supposed to combine sentences using conjunctive adverbs in the second clause and it is kind of sad but i'm terrible with adverbs, especially conjunctive ones and combining sentences