Do you put "At" at the end of a sentence?

[dullard]

<- I am not a grammer expert; however, I'd like to contribute. Anyone can feel free to correct any of my mistakes.

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: Triumph
I know what a noun and a verb is. That's about as far as it goes. You're speaking greek to me.

Get an education.

Wow. Someone comes to Anandtech to learn about substantives, and your response is, "get an education". Isn't coming to Anandtech and saying you don't understand something an attempt to get an education? It certainly is to me! You want to keep someone uneducated and insult that person instead. That sounds hypocritical. Why refuse to enlighten someone at the same time that you claim that the person needs an education?

From Dictionary.com:

Substantive... n. Grammar. A word or group of words functioning as a noun.

A substantive is a fancy term for a noun. The difference is that a substantive also covers groups of words.

Such as "Where does he live at?" or "Where have you been at?" or "That's where I've been at."

Most errors can be identified by cutting out the questionable word or phrase and ask yourself if the sentence still makes sense. Would this sentence make sense?

"Where does he live?"

Yes, that sentence makes sence. Thus you shouldn't use the extra word, 'at'. Same goes for "Where hae you been?" or for "That's where I've been".

 

[Nimloth]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
The taught me not to do that in the school I went at.

I laughed out loud when I read this, and everyone at work probably thought i was crazy.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: Nimloth

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
The taught me not to do that in the school I went at.

I laughed out loud when I read this, and everyone at work probably thought i was crazy.

So if he had said "in the school i went to," I guess it would still be wrong?

 

[conjur]

I was thinking "AT", not "at"

 

[artikk]

Originally posted by: Modeps
No, I dont come from the ghetto.

 

[Schadenfroh]

why would i want to do thAT?

 

[artikk]

Adding at's and with's at the end of the question sounds so much better than without them.
Sometimes rules aren't always "right".. i mean we still talk this way so rules don't matter that much. Freedom of expression remember?

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Triumph
So if he had said "in the school i went to," I guess it would still be wrong?

Yes. "Went to" is just an awkward way of saying something. Plus it still leaves the reader unclear. It doesn't say of the person went to that school and took classes, or if that person went to that school to watch a basketball game, or if that person went to that school to steal computers, etc. An infinite number of interpretations are possible for that sentence. Why not instead say this, "...in the school I attended"? That way you are perfectly clear on the meaning.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: Modeps
No, I dont come from the ghetto.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Where the weed at?

 

[DnetMHZ]

No.

 

[Schadenfroh]

where your warrant at?