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Preposition, ending with (was Re: can you think of an example of 'click on' used in a grammatically incorrect way?)
Subject:Preposition, ending with (was Re: can you think of an example of 'click on' used in a grammatically incorrect way?) From:"Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:59:40 -0700
David Brown wrote:
> Chris Despopoulos wrote:
> >
> > The results you get depend on which button you click on. As we all
> > know, ending with a preposition shoul be avoided because it's bad
> > grammar to write with.
>
> What's that quote? It's something about a preposition being a bad thing
> with which a sentence to end. :)
I like this one:
"This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put."
-- Winston Churchill, responding to a civil servant who objected to his
ending of a sentence with a preposition in an official document
Richard
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