Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Grammar Post #8

Ending your sentences with a preposition isn't always necessary. I always say, out of habit, "Where are they at?". The meaning of the sentence is clear just by saying, "where are they?" so I shouldn't add the at. Some sentences you need to have a preposition at the end or it wouldn't make any sense. Like "How many of you can I count on?" without on the sentence would not be complete. The on helps you realize that this person is depending on these people to show up somewhere, not just counting them for fun. Here's a link where I found the information.

1 comment:

  1. I can see why Chelsie gave your paper to me. She must have heard you using some of the words on your paper as you were reading it to your peers.

    One of the biggest things that I found was not explaining things. Although I understood most of what was going on, I don't think everyone else would just since they aren't used to that jargon. As you explain some things out, it will lengthen your paper.
    For the history, I wonder if there was a specific brand used and if who the implied people are who don't necessarily need the pills. On the second page on the first paragraph that starts on that page I had a bit of trouble understanding what the fat blockers did. The way it was worded made me wonder what a proportion of "fat skips" were. After a bit of contemplation one can understand what you were trying to get across, but most people don't enjoy spending time figuring things out. More is on the paper.

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