Stranded Prepositions
(2018, original release: 2016)
Nonfiction
eCourse
Details
PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2016
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
2826686
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
Is it incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition? Trace the origins of this idea, and see how the practice came to be viewed as bad" usage. Consider the views of 20th-century commentators, and note specific cases where "stranding" the preposition can add elegance and stylistic punch to writing
Film
In Process Record
Anne Curzan
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English