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Subject: Re: For what is grammar good? - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 04:08:35 EST
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fortune!rpw3    Mar 26 23:44:00 1984

Notice that a final preposition almost always implies some sort
of ellipsis following the sentence, as in:

	That's the guy I was telling you about [...him].
	Hi! Come on in[...to the house].
	I'll see if Mr. Smith is in [...his office].
	This is a jam I can't get out of [...which].

Or the old joke:

	Where's the library at [...its location]?

As languages evolve, what was explicit becomes implicit. The evolution
occurs at different rates within various sub-groups, some of whom like
the changes and some of whom don't [...like the changes].

Rob Warnock

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