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From: "John Dean" <john-dean@frag.lineone.net>
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Subject: Re: Ending a question with 'for'?
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:45:07 +0100
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MyName wrote:
> Is it grammatically wrong to end a question with 'for'?
>
> Ex. "Why would you do that for?"
>
> Is it *always* wrong to end a question with it or just for certain
> situations?
Why not ask your friends? After all, what are friends for?
--
John Dean
Oxford
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