Friday, January 27, 2012

differences - "Back to where" vs "back where"




Is it grammatically okay to omit the "to" in the following sentence?



1) Put something back to where it belongs



2) Put something back where it belongs



What's the difference between them? which one of them is grammatically correct?



Similarly we have these 2 sentences




3) Go back to where you came from



4) Go back where you came from



any help will be appreciated


Answer



Oops, I meant to post this as an answer, not a comment...



Sentences 2 and 4 are correct. Though it isn't a hard core rule of grammar, brevity can be a useful guide. Even people who speak English as a native English often tend to insert words that aren't really needed - to, of, etc. As a general rule, it helps to try to say something with as few words as possible.



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