Taking grammar too seriously

[spudtater]

Assuming you're not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition, then what's the correct way to say "Please choose the page to link to"?

I get "Please choose the page to which to link", which makes me sound a bit like an owl...   8^)

Comments

[sigmonster.livejournal.com]

I think this is the difference between a transitive and an intransitive verb. All the best verbs are transitive and since "link" is getting so much more use these days, it's time it became transitive.

I know the dead metaphor from the noun usage, link of a chain, is slightly opressive, but I really would write just "Please choose a page to link" here. Comes down to personal preference, though.

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

> it's time it became transitive.

So, "I linked the Wikipedia article on my journal"? "The W3Schools tutorial links W3C guidelines in several locations"?

Hmmm... makes me shudder, somehow.