jiji lamara

what with or with what   Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:34 am GMT
hey everyone,

which is correct?

I don't know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought...
I don't know what weapons World War 3 will be fought with...


thank you all in advance
jiji lamara   Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:36 am GMT
oops... sorry i put my name as the topic's name !!!
Guest   Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:55 am GMT
Both are correct. The first sentence is more formal, though.
Franco   Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:55 am GMT
Both are correct but the second one is less formal.
Nefertity   Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:43 pm GMT
I Love You Jiji lamara
Bruce   Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:52 pm GMT
The first sentence is the grammatically correct form.

The second one is the incorrect one because it is incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition. In this case, the preposition with which you end is "with."

However, both forms are acceptable in spoken/conversational English.
Guest   Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:03 pm GMT
Both forms are acceptable in written English, too.
Lazar   Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:33 am GMT
What Guest and Franco said. Both forms are fully acceptable and grammatically correct - the first one is more formal, the second one is less formal.
Bruce   Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:19 am GMT
Hmmm, I've always learned that ending a sentence with a preposition is grammatically unacceptable in writing compositions.

(And why do we have to write "I hate spam" in the little box down there?)
Guest   Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:26 am GMT
Guest   Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:18 am GMT
Hello

Asian politicians call for N. Korea nuclear issue to be dealt with

I don't know what weapons World War 3 will be fought with...

I would be tempted to put a comma after 'Know':

I don't know, what weapons World War 3 will be fought with?

Also, when you have ... : it signifies the sentence will continue.

A lot of British people use sentences that are not grammatical and words that are mispelt. However people using English as a foreign language usually make big mistakes, rather than small mistakes.

Often the important thing is to get your meaning across.

"I hate spam": is to prevent 'computers' destroying the Forum, and to discourage poeple using the site to advertise. I have seen other sites use more sophisticated devices along the same lines, to stop Spam.