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Preposition stranding

Preposition stranding or p-stranding is the syntactic construction in which a so-called stranded, hanging, or dangling preposition occurs somewhere other than immediately before its corresponding object; for example, at the end of a sentence. The term preposition stranding was coined in 1964, predated by stranded preposition in 1949. Linguists had…

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Preposition stranding

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related to Further reading · 54
Preposition stranding → Amy Weinberg, An Internet, Berlin, Blackwell, Cairo, Case, Case Study, Case Theory, Clarendon Press, Criminal Brief, Dictionary, Dordrecht, English Grammar, Foris, Fowler, From Syntactic, Functional Analyses, Generative Perspective, Gruyter, Heads
related to In English · 9
Preposition stranding → Although, Ben Jonson's, Dryden, English, In, John Dryden, Joshua Poole, Latin, The
related to Sluicing and p-stranding · 5
Preposition stranding → In, PSG, Sluicing, Some, The

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Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingAn Internet0.60section
Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingLiliane0.60section
Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingJacqueline Guéron0.60section
Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingEnglish Grammar0.60section
Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingGenerative Perspective0.60section
Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingOxford0.60section
Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingBlackwell0.60section
Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingISBN0.60section
Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingHornstein0.60section
Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingNorbert0.60section
Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingAmy Weinberg0.60section
Preposition strandingrelated to Further readingCase0.60section

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