In article , Allan Bennett says...
In article , pseudoplatypus
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The plod go out looking for drunks at xmas. Other times of year, detection
is left to the safety cameras. I thought that would have been obvious.
Obvious - but completely wrong.
Check your spelling, bloody useless drunk driver
So, how long have you been trying to use English for, sonny?
That should read:
"So, for how long have you been trying to use English, sonny?"
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
But in both cases the sentence ends with "sonny".
HTH.