Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > > Because he had _more_ urgent matters to deal with. [*] > > Oh, I forgot to ask [the reason for the star]. Is > this good English? I guess I read somewhere > that a sentence should not terminate with a > preposition. > > Alberto Monteiro >
Technically, this breaks the "official" rules of grammar, and should be either: "[He didn't do that] because he had to deal with more important issues." or "...because he had more important issues with which to deal." or something like that. But English is an evolving language, and the way you wrote it would be acceptable in casual conversational English today. So, maybe in 10-20 years, that rule will be changed. -- Matt
