APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Ending a Sentence with a Preposition Is Not Very Disruptive to Readers
- Michael Eskenazi
Stetson University - Paula Bosse Ramos
Stetson University - Giovanna De Lima Aguilar
Stetson University - Leonardo Giorgioni
Stetson University - Luis Montas Aristy
Stetson University - Jessie Quince
Stetson University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether reading is disrupted when a sentence ends in a preposition. Using eye-movement data, results indicated that readers are only mildly disrupted when there is a long gap between the preposition and its relative pronoun, but no disruption existed with short gaps.
