transformation

Re: transformation


Going along is not required, but is not incorrect or more correct than sentence 1 and it does make the sentence have a gentler tone.

'Jenny will not attend the party without her sister' could sound stiff and unyielding, adding the phrase 'going along' could take some of that sharpness out of it.

Joe(words can be like rubber or steel or both at the same time)Nation

I would say "...unless her sister were going along."

Jenny will not attend the party unless her sister goes along.

1. Jenny will not attend the party without her sister.
2. Jenny will not attend the party without her sister going along.

In an examination, which sentence should I choose? My apologies for asking the same question again.

Many thanks.

Pick number one.

"goes along" leaves a dangling preposition.

A proper sentence should never end in a preposition; that is the old-fashioned rule. The nuns at my school would have taken two points off, my editor would pass by it without noticing.


Joe(good luck on your test)Nation

"Along" in the sentence in question is not a preposition; it's an adverb.

I prefer sentence 1. "Going along" is awkward and unnecessary.

Of the three sentences you provided, the first (unnumbered) was the best:

Jenny will not attend the party unless her sister goes along.


(Aside to Joe: I'm an editor. I notice sentences that end in prepositions, but I stopped changing these about a decade ago. More trouble than they're worth.)