Kat wrote:
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Richard J. writes
John Rowland wrote:
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El Mon, 09 Aug 2004 21:55:11 +0100, Andrew P Smith escribió:
In article , Matthew P Jones
writes

A large whole has been dug with supports put in.

I think you mean 'hole'.

Tut tut, your grammar is terrible.....

Grammatically, the whole sentence hangs together
very nicely; he's even used a passive voice

But what about the preposition at the end of the sentence?

What preposition? "in" is an adverb in this case. Anyway, a
preposition is a perfectly acceptable word to end a sentence with.


Is it a preposition?
"A large whole has been dug with supports put in (it)"
innit!

No, "supports put in it" would mean that the supports were just placed
inside the whole, sorry, hole. Matthew used the phrasal verb "put in"
meaning (in this case) "install", not the verb "put" meaning merely
"place" or "leave".
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