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There's one on the P&C forum today about racial connotations of the word "uppity". Someone posted that the word is racist when it's used with a racial epitaph. I thought that was a weird thing to say and responded that I've never in my life seen "uppity" used on an epitaph...about five minutes later I realized they'd meant "epithet".
Not sure why you object to this, except for ending the sentence with a preposition, which even the most erudite often do for conversational clarity and succinctness. The corrected thread title would be "At what altitude do you live", which is perfectly correct, repairing only the preposition placement.
I see nothing wrong with "What town do you live in" or "What street do you live on", or "What college do you live near" or "What airport do you fly to" or "What altitude do you live at", each one using the appropriate preposition that would be fitting in the corresponding declarative sentence. In some cases, we so customarily drop the interrogative preposition that it sounds hillbilly to leave lit in, but that does not make it wrong. As in "What time do you get up (at)?", with the answer, "I get up at 6 oclock".
Not sure why you object to this, except for ending the sentence with a preposition, which even the most erudite often do for conversational clarity and succinctness. The corrected thread title would be "At what altitude do you live", which is perfectly correct, repairing only the preposition placement.
I see nothing wrong with "What town do you live in" or "What street do you live on", or "What college do you live near" or "What airport do you fly to" or "What altitude do you live at", each one using the appropriate preposition that would be fitting in the corresponding declarative sentence. In some cases, we so customarily drop the interrogative preposition that it sounds hillbilly to leave lit in, but that does not make it wrong. As in "What time do you get up (at)?", with the answer, "I get up at 6 oclock".
Not sure why you object to this, except for ending the sentence with a preposition, which even the most erudite often do for conversational clarity and succinctness. The corrected thread title would be "At what altitude do you live", which is perfectly correct, repairing only the preposition placement.
I see nothing wrong with "What town do you live in" or "What street do you live on", or "What college do you live near" or "What airport do you fly to" or "What altitude do you live at", each one using the appropriate preposition that would be fitting in the corresponding declarative sentence. In some cases, we so customarily drop the interrogative preposition that it sounds hillbilly to leave lit in, but that does not make it wrong. As in "What time do you get up (at)?", with the answer, "I get up at 6 oclock".
Do you usually omit the apostrophe in oclock? And, how often do you say where are you at? Imo, you never say it.
Do you usually omit the apostrophe in oclock? And, how often do you say where are you at? Imo, you never say it.
Yes, the apostrophe is too goddam hard for a touch-typist to find on a standard computer keyboard, so I often omit it, unless there is an ambiguity, like to distinguish a possessive from a plural. It's my own special war.
"Where are you at" is redundant, because "Where" naturally implies the preposition in usage. But if the question is worded "What place", then a preposition is called for.
"Where" mean at or in what place. "When" means at what time or on what day, "How" means in what way, expressed without the preposition. But if you don't use the interrogative (where, what, why, when), the preposition is called for.
I find it irritating when the word "claim" is used in place of "declare" in the contexts of filing tax statements or crossing a border with goods. I'm always hearing people say they're claiming child support income and investment income when they're actually declaring it, or claiming those two bottles of vodka when crossing the border. Maybe it's just pedantic of me but it causes high blood pressure
I've always been a stickler for correct usage, but I couldn't care less aboutwhat's appearing on a message board. It's not a term paper, after all.
Lighten up.
thnx for ur input ill tke it undr advsmnt
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