05-03-2017, 10:59 AM
During today's writing session, I took pause after this masterful scrawl (yep, I can scrawl with a keyboard):
"He was creepy in every respect, impossible to get comfortable with around."
The structure fascinates me. Two prepositions at the end. (I'm pretty sure "with" is being used as a preposition.)
Rephrasing often brings enlightenment (and intelligibility).
He was creepy in every respect, and it was impossible to get comfortable with him when around him.
That's just plain unwieldy. I'm letting my original stand. For now.
"He was creepy in every respect, impossible to get comfortable with around."
The structure fascinates me. Two prepositions at the end. (I'm pretty sure "with" is being used as a preposition.)
Rephrasing often brings enlightenment (and intelligibility).
He was creepy in every respect, and it was impossible to get comfortable with him when around him.
That's just plain unwieldy. I'm letting my original stand. For now.
I'm nobody's pony.