#WritersCoffeeClub 1/4: Is is okay to use a preposition to end a sentence with?
A man, newly arrived at Harvard, gets lost and goes to one of his fellow students.
"Excuse me," he says, "can you tell me where the cafeteria is at?"
The man raises an eyebrow and doesn't answer, so our newcomer repeats the question.
His interlocutor sighs. "Here at Harvard, we know never to end a sentence with a preposition."
Our hero(?) says, "Ah. Then can you tell me where the cafeteria is at, asshole?"
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