English(help)
Hi, there
I know I can say “I am hiding from you” and “The enemy tries to separate us from the love of God”. But if I want to make this sentences more emphatic and if in order to do that I decide to make them cleft sentences, should I say “It is from you I am hiding” or “It is you I am hiding from”? And “It’s from the love of God that the enemy tries to separate us” or “It’s the love of God that the enemy tries to separate us from”?
Which of THESE sentences are right?
Thank you
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Anthony is correct. Sentences that are grammatically correct should not end with the word from (when it is a preposition). But, that is what native English speakers would say.
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It’s you I am hiding from.
It’s from the love of God that the enemy tries to separate us.
would be my AmE preferences. Sticking to the rule works better in the second case because it sounds like a formal statement, not everyday speech.
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They are very subtle differences. Traditionally it is often said that English sentences shouldn't end with a preposition, so “It’s from the love of God that the enemy tries to separate us” would be more traditional. But many people think this rule is absurd (for example, "this is something up with which I will not put" sounds worse than "this is something I will not put up with"). The two alternatives you gave are extremely close in meaning and even native speakers could write it either way.
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