In the immortal words of Winston Churchill, in response to a staffer who pointed out a sentence that WC had ended with a preposition: "That is the kind of errant pedantry up with which I shall not put."
In the modern era, at the end of sentences prepositions fine are; like Yoda otherwise you sound. ;-)
MTM, it sounds more fluent as it is more widely used, hence you are (we all are) more familiar with that sentence structure. However, the correct one is the one you mentioned (Imagine a mirror with which you can make calls) or morphing the sentence to something like "Imagine a mirror you can also use to make calls". The problem the Samsung's approach becomes more apparent when you add more things to what you can do with the mirror (Imagine a mirror you can also use to make calls, text your friends, browse the Internet while playing PacMan with). You get the gist.
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In the immortal words of Winston Churchill, in response to a staffer who pointed out a sentence that WC had ended with a preposition: "That is the kind of errant pedantry up with which I shall not put."
In the modern era, at the end of sentences prepositions fine are; like Yoda otherwise you sound. ;-)
English is not my native language, but how would you else put it?
"Imagine a mirror with which you can make calls"?
To my ears, Samsung's way of putting it sounds more fluent...
MTM, it sounds more fluent as it is more widely used, hence you are (we all are) more familiar with that sentence structure. However, the correct one is the one you mentioned (Imagine a mirror with which you can make calls) or morphing the sentence to something like "Imagine a mirror you can also use to make calls". The problem the Samsung's approach becomes more apparent when you add more things to what you can do with the mirror (Imagine a mirror you can also use to make calls, text your friends, browse the Internet while playing PacMan with). You get the gist.
Razor1973, I see. Thanks for the explanation.