Duplicate prepositions in writing?
What is the rule, if any, about using duplicate prepositions in writing? For example, is the phrase–
What lengths will he go to to be with her?
–Grammatically correct? If not, I’m guessing the correct solution would be to re-write the sentence to something like:
To what lengths will he go to be with her? Which looks better, but doesn’t roll of the tongue as well, in my opinion.
Any thoughts, grammarians of the world?
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You might like to read this article about prepositions and subordinators (look like preposions but are not considered so when part of a verb).
**I used ‘duplication of prepositions’ in the search.
http://www.uq.edu.au/emsah/courses/ling1000-6100/lecture_A.pdf
Of course, if you don’t like how awkward the correct double word is, you rewrite.
To what lengths will be go to be with her?
To be with her, what lengths will he go to?
If it means being with her, what’s he willing to do?
What’s he willing to do to be with her?
To what lengths would he go for her” as it is past tense question…I may be wrong??
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