Can sentences end with a preposition? Yes! Grant assures a listener that all experts, including the most conservative of linguists and lexicographers, agree that a preposition as the last word in a sentence is something up with which we shall put. This is part of a complete episode.
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This reminds me of one of my favorite jokes…
It seems a man was visiting Harvard, and stopped a student to ask a question,
“Excuse me, but can you tell me where the library is at?”
The student sniffed, and replied “A Harvard man knows that you NEVER end a sentence with a preposition”
To which the man replied, “Let me rephrase my request. Can you tell me where the library is, Jackass?”