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In 1762, Bishop Robert Lowth did a grave disservice to the English language when he published his Short Introduction to English Grammar. Rather than

That's What They Say for February 7, 2021 Think about a parent dealing with a child who has a sheet of stickers. The parent asks, “What did you put the sticker on?” In this example, “on” is the preposition, and “what” is the object of the preposition. Since “what” got brought up to the beginning of the question, should “on” have followed?  The question is, should the “on” have followed the “what”? If we followed the rule, we would end up with “On what did you put the sticker?” While this is considered grammatically correct, it doesn’t sound very conversation...