polymathwannabe comments on Stupid Questions June 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Bound_up 02 June 2015 07:07:03PM *  0 points [-]

If I may the cake dare to take, I'm trying to determine if I've grammatically correctly adjusted the following phrases for the "no prepositions at end of sentences" rule.

The classic: I will not put up with becomes Up with which I will not put

Or with a verb added: I hate to put up with

becomes

Up with which I hate to put

And then my own: To have to

becomes (???)

to which I have(?)

as in: I hate to have to

becomes

I hate to which I have (?)

Which when combined: I hate to have to put up with

becomes

Up with which I hate to which I have put (?)

This last phrase is what I think I have right, but am having trouble determining so for sure.

Comment author: polymathwannabe 03 June 2015 01:51:56AM 4 points [-]

Prepositions at the end of sentences are actually perfecty valid in English. Only obnoxious teachers insist otherwise.