{"id":21732,"date":"2023-08-05T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=21732"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:20:47","slug":"can-you-end-a-sentence-with-a-preposition-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/can-you-end-a-sentence-with-a-preposition-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you end a sentence with a preposition in English?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aBq94D1Xcg0?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button rounded large green\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/advanced-english-grammar-course\/\"><strong>Take your grammar to the next level!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you end a sentence with a preposition in English?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is YES in everyday, informal English, and NO in more formal English.<\/p>\n<p>In casual, informal English we often say things like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There\u2019s nothing to be scared <strong>of<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>What are you thinking <strong>about<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li>This is the book she\u2019s famous <strong>for<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s especially common when the preposition is part of a phrasal verb:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The meeting was <strong>called off.<\/strong> (= canceled)<\/li>\n<li>What time do you <strong>wake up<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li>I have a lot of stuff to <strong>deal with.<\/strong> (= handle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In formal written English, we should avoid ending sentences with prepositions \u2013 so we would write sentences like these instead:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The meeting was canceled.<\/li>\n<li>This is the book for which she is famous.<\/li>\n<li>There is no reason to be scared.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But when having everyday conversations and even when writing in an informal way, it\u2019s perfectly OK to end a sentence with a preposition.<\/p>\n<p>Hope that helps \u2013 great question \u2013 keep sending me more! 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