Grammar Nazi required!

The_Sophisticate said:
After receiving a package in the letterpost today, I got an email from the tracking company telling me it had been delivered (redundant much?). Anyway, it had the name of who signed for it, which was new, so I told this to the person who signed:

"...it even shows who it was signed for by."
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Unless a doubt was expressed as to the level of detail shown in the report by the tracking company I probably wouldn't bother with the "even".

If however you must rearrange the sentence including all the words then you could try "(there is much greater detail on the tracking reports now)...for it even shows by whom it was signed". My additions in brackets and the letter in bold.
 
If the package had been fire damaged in transit, would it show who singed it?

If the recipient was unable to write but could acknowledge receipt via gestures, could you say that they had 'signed for it'?
 
meghatronic said:
No you didn't, it is 'right'. English is a dynamic language, more so than others. Preposition enmity a myth that you're propagating. And for that, sir, I will have your still beating heart on a platter.
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I second this. I hate it when people claim you can't end a sentence with a preposition. I accept that this is not what was said in the OP, but it was the implication.

Whilst we are talking about English usage, I will controversially say that I think the use of "whom" by many in this thread is antiquated and that this word has passed out of English usage apart from in a few expressions and maybe in very formal English.
 
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