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Which I would call an outworn myth: A preposition is a word You mustn't end a sentence with! — Berton Braley | ||
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English grammar I thought was down pat But now Shufitz makes me smell a rat. Prepositions aren't fine AT the end of a line? Then tell me, just where is it at? | ||
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My favorite is Winston Churchill's famous quote that we all know of (though I must introduce it to my editor, who literally laughs when people end a sentence with a preposition). On the other hand, I found this on the Web, which says Churchill never actually rejected the rule against ending a sentence with a preposition. It says Does anyone know if Churchill actually said, "Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."? | |||
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We have discussed this before and located this debunking. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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Somehow I missed this. Very interesting, particularly that the Chicago Tribune not only was linked, but apparently blew it! | |||
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