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}}A {{tag|preposition}} is a word, like “with” or “to” or “[[of]]”, with which you should not end a sentence — ''if you’re speaking {{tag|Latin}}''. Since you won’t be, you may put your preposition ''wherever you damn well please''. Like the pendant’s aversion to the [[split infinitive]], the stricture that “one should not end a sentence with a preposition” is a bogus grammatical rule to boldly be dismissive of. | }}A {{tag|preposition}} is a word, like “with” or “to” or “[[of]]”, with which you should not end a sentence — ''if you’re speaking {{tag|Latin}}''. Since you won’t be, you may put your preposition ''wherever you damn well please''. Like the pendant’s aversion to the [[split infinitive]], the stricture that “one should not end a sentence with a preposition” is a bogus grammatical rule to boldly be dismissive of. | ||
Prepositions do the important but prosaic job of putting {{tag|noun}}s and {{tag|pronoun}}s in relation to each other — “the cat sat '''on''' the mat”; “the [[sub-custodian]] droned on '''about''' [[gross negligence]]” and so on — so you have your work cut out if you want to put one at the end a sentence. But, by all means, try to. | Prepositions do the important but prosaic job of putting {{tag|noun}}s and {{tag|pronoun}}s in relation to each other — “the cat sat '''on''' the mat”; “the [[sub-custodian]] droned on '''about''' [[gross negligence]]” and so on — so you have your work cut out if you want to put one at the end a sentence anyway. But, by all means, try to. | ||
Whether or not they end sentences with them, [[mediocre lawyer|lawyer]]s can still have plenty of fun with prepositions. The easiest upgrade is to substitute ''normal'' prepositions with [[compound preposition|''compound'']] ones, cobbled together out of {{tag|noun}}s, {{tag|conjunction}}s and other [[tiring]] flotsam and jetsam of the English language. | Whether or not they end sentences with them, [[mediocre lawyer|lawyer]]s can still have plenty of fun with prepositions. The easiest upgrade is to substitute ''normal'' prepositions with [[compound preposition|''compound'']] ones, cobbled together out of {{tag|noun}}s, {{tag|conjunction}}s and other [[tiring]] flotsam and jetsam of the English language. | ||