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From: lat@stcvax.UUCP (Larry Tepper)
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Subject: Re: For what is grammar good?
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Date: Thu, 26-Apr-84 16:27:10 EST
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Forgive me, for I know I am about to be in deep yogurt on this topic.

My credentials: I am not a grammarian.

I've just been following along in this discussion for a while and
have finally decided to stir things up a bit.  I have this vague
notion that, given a sentence ending with a preposition, there is
ALWAYS an equivalent (maybe only a near equivalent, though) way
of presenting it in a natural or comfortable-to-one's-ears manner.
For example, if

	What is grammer good for?		offends your sense of grammer
and
	For what is grammer good?		sounds clunky to you
then how about...
	Is grammer good for anything?		A possible equivalent, depending
						on one's quibble quotient.

Or...
	What are your favorite restaurants?	Instead of...
	What restaurants do you like to eat at?

Any takers?
-- 
	Larry Tepper - Storage Technology (disk division)
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