Sometimes a sentence ending with a proposition just sounds better.
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2025
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That is not sharing grammar rules. Is just something we were all incorrectly taught.
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Anything is acceptable if it's for comedic effect.
What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?
Ending a sentence on a preposition :3c
In Dutch you're supposed to write "Volgens mij" ("in my opinion"), but it's pronounced more like it's one word. So I feel "volgensmij" flows better
volgens mei niet!
Being excessively prescriptive or nitpicky about the prohibition on ending sentences on a preposition is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.
'irregardless' and improper 'begs the question' are both fine.
Anyone prescriptivist about "begging the question" cannot be taken seriously about anything.
The canonical meaning is a sloppy mistranslation, and what everyone sensible intends and infers is a plain reading of those words in that order.
I hit up that Wikipedia article every few years and I still donβt quite understand it. I also put nearly no effort into trying to understand it because I donβt think Iβve ever heard anything but the technically incorrect way.
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Im over spellcheck on phones. I'll look the other way when something is typed all wacky from a phone.
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If punctuation isn't on your keyboard then it can't be that important. All dashes are the same.
I don't even appreciate that Markdown turns double-dash into one long dash. The distinction in print is a twee relic of uptight style guides, and the minute gradations do not exist in handwritten text. If you intend it as a pause-please, put spaces around it, or it looks dumb. Like that.
Most of it, as long as it's understandable I don't care. Language is about making yourself understood.
using clauses instead of full sentences, with proper punctuation;