Progressive is such an easy target for me. Almost anytime there is a Progressive commercial on television my ears perk up to hear the next sentence that ends a preposition with. It is that painful for me.
Sunday, November 10th, during the football games I found an 'ending a sentence with a preposition" double-header.
The first example I highlighted during Episode 113: The Castle and "More savings than we knoweth what to do with."
Today's example of ending a sentence with a preposition is the "Superhouse" commercial where the actress is discussing the Name Your Price Tool offered by Progressive with her 'husband.' She says "I guess you can tell them how much you want to pay and it gives you a a range of options to choose from." The "Name Your Price Tool" does not appear to work for choosing proper grammar. Would it be so bad to say "You tell them how much you want to pay and it gives you a range of options from which to choose?" How about "You tell them how much you want to spend and it gives you a range of coverage options."
"The Name You Price Tool" allows you to tell them how much you want to pay for insurance and they tell you what plans they can offer you.
If you want to see how many times that there have been examples of bad grammar during Progressive commercials, check out these previous examples:
"A smarter way to shop around."
"How's that atom splitting thing going?"
"We crunch the numbers so you don't have to."
"Progressive gives you lots of choices to choose from."
and the infamous "Them are here"
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