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Heaven #4836 It Is Your Own Giving of Love That You Long For
Posted February 20th, 2014 by Normand Bo...
Dear Gloria,
in today's HL http://www.heavenletters.org/it-is-your-own-giving-of-love-that-you-long...
"When your heart longs for love, give love to others. Not too much, yet seek to fill others’ hearts. Your love does not have to be accepted, and yet you must give it. We’re not talking about fanfare, you understand. Giving love is feeling love in your heart. No others have to know from where exactly where the love is coming from. Love is here. For a moment, you have shared your love. It is your own giving of love that you long for."
Isn't one of the two "where" redundant?
Hi Normand~ Not only a
Hi Normand~ Not only a redundant "where" but a redundant "from".
1) No others have to know from where exactly the love is coming.
2) No others have to know where exactly the love is coming from.
3) No others have to know exactly where the love is coming from.
From most formal to most informal. The Grammar Police say you can't end a sentence with a preposition but most people do. Gloria can pick one or do a fourth.
"The Grammar Police say you
"The Grammar Police say you can't end a sentence with a preposition but most people do."
Well Charles, I learn something new today. I was sure that the sentence structure ending with a preposition was the "formal" rule. It is definitely a formal rule in German.
Dear Normand, the whole
Dear Normand, the whole sentence is off-base:
Common version:
No others have to know exactly where the love is coming from.
Top grammar:
No others have to know exactly from where the love is coming.
Normand, really, take your pick.
Winston Churchill was a great grammarian. He was because he had to take grammar over three times! That means he flunked the class twice!
Here's what he said:
A preposition at the end of the sentence is something up with which I will not put!
Normand, most contemporary
Normand, most contemporary good English teachers wouldn't call it a rule, just point out that some people find it wrong, and better safe than sorry on something like a college or job application. It's not so noticeable in spoken English because almost everyone ignores the "rule".
That sentence of Winston Churchill's that Gloria gives is really amusing because it is so grotesque an attempt to enforce the "rule" that absolutely no one would ever say it. The humor may not be apparent to a non-native English speaker. English is weird enough as it is. Of course the Germans invented English before the French got hold of it.
Well, this has been a good
Well, this has been a good exercise, two days in a row! We're staying grammarly fit.