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Re: preposition

From:Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
Date:Sunday, March 18, 2001, 15:09
On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Marcus Smith wrote:

> At 3/17/01 01:54 PM +1100, you wrote: > >>What store did you buy that at? > > > >You'd say that? I would've said 'Where did you buy that?' (or 'Where ja > >buy that?') > >> > >>And even in cases where the preposition is not strictly necessarily, > >>like: > >> > >>Where'd you go to? > >>Where do you live at? > >This just sound 'broken and wrong'. > > The all sound perfectly natural to me. I know many peole (including myself) > who say these things regularly.
I second that. :-p YHL