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Re: preposition

From:D Tse <exponent@...>
Date:Sunday, March 18, 2001, 4:20
> >>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. > > > Marcus Smith
I think the latter sounds more broken to me, but then again there's no accounting for tastes Imperative