Re: Some questions.....

Am 03.02.02, Christophe Grandsire yscrifef:

> En réponse à Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>:
>
> > and I can't think
> > of
> > an (even gramatically incorrect) alternative (like 'You would like to
> > go
> > where to?', but that's a question).
>
> What about "that's the place to where I want to go"? Sounds awckward, but I'm
> nearly sure you could find one or two prescriptivist grammars saying that it's
> the only correct form :)) (unless they would use "whither" of course :)) ).
Actually, they'd probably require "to which" rather than "to
where". Even so, I'd most naturally leave out "to where" and
stick "to" on the end.

And of course, they'd wince at your abuse of "wither". Those
words tend to be used in very high language, and would require
something like "I would go thither".

> Note that I've been taught to say "that's where I want to go"
> without "to" at the end. What's the need to add a preposition
> when the meaning is clear without it? :))
Postposition. We do a lot of weird things in English. Are you
surprised? ;)

> Christophe.
Padraic.
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Gwerez dah, chee gwaz vaz, ha leal.