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From: "Darrell A. Martin" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Prepositions - what to do
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 03:25:04 +0000
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At 06:43 PM 3/1/2005, John Cardinal wrote:

>Darrell,
>
>You asked for it! <g>
>
>I won't argue whether or not English grammatical rules forbid the use of a
>preposition at the end of a sentence. However, both sentences in your
>message seem a little awkward and could be improved easily.
[snip]

Hi, John:

Of course, they are awkward. I made the mistake of paying too close attention to too many high school English teachers, and it ruined the fine rhythm of my natural prose. (Except for one; she instilled a real love of language in me in freshman year, and then "sicced" me on her colleagues.)

Darrell


Darrell A. Martin
a native Vermonter currently in exile in Illinois
http://www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy/


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