Grammar Myth #1

You can’t end a sentence with a preposition.

Grammar mythsThere are grammar myths floating around that have been perpetuated by well-meaning people who are, unfortunately, a little behind the times. But don’t blame them (or yourself, if you’re one of them); the English language is a work in progress. Even rules that were taught in school years ago have been debunked, and others have taken their place. One rule that has no basis in fact but that has been widely taught anyway is the prohibition against ending a sentence with a preposition.


“There are some things I will not put up with.”


“There are some things up with which I will not put.”

According to The Chicago Manual of Style, the rule about ending a sentence with a preposition comes from an ill-founded superstition that probably started with people who studied Latin, which has a grammatical structure that doesn’t allow for sentences ending in prepositions.


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