G10-04 & G10-09

Is it, 'Who did you go with?' 'With who did you go?', 'With whom did you go?' Do we end it with a preposition or do we avoid ending it with a preposition by starting with a subjective pronoun or an objective pronoun.....why must English be so difficult?!?!?!?!

Believe me when I tell you I want to make it easy. I hate to hear the way students make their lives miserable trying to avoid the preposition at the end of their sentences. Here's one answer for those of you in section 10.4 & 10.9. who suffer from this problem.

Here's an example of a sentence that can end with a preposition: What did you step on? A key point, you might say the Quick and Dirty Tip, is that the sentence doesn't work if you leave off the preposition. You can't say, “What did you step?” You need to say, “What did you step on?” to make a grammatical sentence.....

You shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition when the sentence would mean the same thing if you left off the preposition. That means "Where are you at?" is wrong because "Where are you?" means the same thing. But there are many sentences where the final preposition is part of a phrasal verb or is necessary to keep from making stuffy, stilted sentences: “I'm going to throw up,” “Let's kiss and make up,” and “What are you waiting for” are just a few examples.

Likewise, 'Who are you going?' doesn't make sense to many an English listening ear and is as wrong as 'With who are you going?' but 'Who are you going with?' is acceptable English. So during our dialogues in class if the preposition at the end of your sentence is necessary to give full meaning to the sentence, leave it there! Don't try to put it somewhere else in the sentence where it truly doesn't belong or where it will be more difficult to understand what you are saying. It is ok to ask the question, 'What did you talk about?' just that way! It really is!