You know that grammatical “rule” about not ending a sentence with a preposition? Well, who ever decided finishing off a sentence like that is a bad thing? (Personally, we think it’s one of the silliest things anyone ever came up with.)
Many of us learned the rule about using the preposition between when talking about two items, but among when talking about more than two. In reality, though, the rule is a little more complicated. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...
Is it ever okay to end a sentence with a preposition? Oh, is it ever! Martha and Grant do their best to bury this tired old proscription. It’s a baseless rule concocted by 17-century grammarians, and it’s errant nonsense up with which your hosts...
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A caller in Texas stirs up a spat over whether it’s ever grammatically correct to say “between you and I”— even though Shakespeare did it. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Between You and I” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hello...
cat brain n.— «I’m always the one who’s like, Hey, get down off the table or The cabbie isn’t interested in seeing your catbrain or Maybe liberating the chickens isn’t such a hot idea.» —“To is a preposition, come is a verb, Part II” by Cowboy...