Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Merriam- Webster Dictionary settles age old grammar debate - Abccolumbia.com - Dictionary

(CNN) — It’s a debate that has raged on for centuries among grammar experts. and last week Merriam-Webster Dictionary tried to put the age old question to bed.

Affirming once and for all that it’s okay to end a sentence with a preposition. Some writers have long struggled with the idea of wrapping up a thought using words like “to”,  “of”,  or “from”. As Merriam Webster explained, the debate began with writers who tried to align English with Latin which is a romance language.

The dictionary experts pointed out English is not a romance language. So, that means ending a sentence with the word “with” is perfectly fine.

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