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¿Question #3124?
puffinge: Is it proper to end a question with the word to?

Blazur: If you want to?
theasley: Yes, if the word "to" is treated with quotation marks.
aleo09: sure, in your question for example
SilentHitz2: You totally just did. And now my mind is blown. What if I did it to?
mrwnorris: What are you getting at?
Felimid: And if I rudely wanted to?
krzysrog: no, especially in Polish.
pooterbug: Does it really matter in this setting?
jessitron: yes
ricardofo: sometimes like your own question.
pwilz: Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
Kyle Smith: In this case it is.
MisterCranky: Don't you want the soccer moms back to the geek coming to?
LordDarkSith: of course
whatambush: where are you going to?
Fugitoid: It's ok to do, proper english though, I dont know if it is ok to.
TheArchAngel: no
bigbadsteve: no, they are better when ended with a question mark
TheKeck: It was in this case.
joni: What are you aiming to?
Patticus: depends on the sentence. You used to not be able to end a sentence with a preposition, but that rules has changed. I don't know what to.
DHEK: According to strict grammarians, I don't think so. But it has been so commonly used that I think it's beginning to be accepted.
kmcdougan: Only in situations like your question. Prepositions are terrible things with which to end sentences.
Butterbane: Only if it's contained within quotation marks.
william_henshaw: u just did
Tushratta: Is there nothing you will not stoop to?
eddyspaghetti: Only if you can.
kimba: never unless you are french. In that case on one listens anyway.
Geosmores: no
rootbeer: Rarely.
KentuckyKid: Depends on who you're asking it to.
Leo-T: If you have to.
tomlynch: Absolutely not. Why would you need to?
AEFGIRT: Certainly. The idea that prepositions can't ccome at the end of a sentence is a fabrication of Latin scholars.
brainrob: I don't think it is, but standards are so lax these days no-one really cares.
Nekura: Where is this question going to?
Dorque: Nope.
jasta6: I think so, don't you too?..................................................
joebelanger: Is it proper to waste our time with the inanity of your questions?
Helenoftroy: "Prepositions at the end of sentences is up with what I cannot put."
Stevve15: Yes
confuse_a_cat: Sure, if you use it as an adverb. "If we held smelling salts under Puffinge's nostrils, would he come to?"
rawdawg: like you just did
mrspank: No, never end a sentence with a prepositional phrase if you don't have to.
Loquutus: Not unless its a split infinitve?
ZombyDawg: Why not? We're using English not Latin here so there's no real reason not to. ("This is the sort of English up with which I will not put.")
ctalbot: Proper? No. But who cares about proper? ;)
Roger Yim: what kind of questions are you referring to?
skrutsch: In that case, sure.
Bridget J: The word to what?
GI Joe: No
GrandpaDave: Yes...long as it isn't a participle, you can end a word with anything.
Thedalek: Not according to Harbrace.
scriptorum: Why would you want to?
Lord_Prussian: Probably not
CharlieWonka: it seems to be yes
erli: I don't think so but here anything goes
saulsehy: do you want to end it with the word to?
tipigi: As long as people understand your question, who cares?
Claytonius Maximus: shouldn't that be in quotation marks, or italicized, or something?
arkibet: I spend a lot of time avoiding that. Yes, if it's informal, colloquial, or creative writing. No if it's a formal letter or writing.
Karlsen: Proper, but not terribly polite
chrisesko: Do you know where you're going to?
meshuggener: Nah. It's bad.
AWildEep: I don't know what you are reffering to.
djlg: Sure. English is a living language and you're giving it growing pains.
snoozefest: no
CortexBomb: Proper as in I would mind or proper as in proper english? I wouldn't mind, though I don't think it is correct in the strict sense
CDRodeffer: In this case, it's OK.
chaddyboy_2000: SUre.
skelebone: Apparently it can be, if that's something you can be driven to.
heli: I avoid it.
jttm: Only if preceded by a noun and verb, but not a subject, or a subject followed by a noun.
Tim Synge: No, a preposition is a bad thing to end a sentence with.
puffinge: This may be the worst question you've asked so far, you stupid bird.