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Subject: Re: Dave Barry - Grammar Attack
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Date: Sun, 27-Jan-85 17:32:51 EST
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>  *-  A N   U T T E R L Y   A B S U R D   L O O K   A T   G R A M M A R  -*
> 
> 						        -By Dave Barry
> 
> For example, suppose you are being interviewed for a job as
> an airline pilot, and your prospective employer asks you if you have any
> experience, and you answer: "Well, I ain't never flied no actual airplanes
> or nothing, but I got several pilot-style hats and several friends who I
> like to talk about airplanes with."
> 
>     If you answer this way, the prospective employer will immediately realize
> that you have ended your sentence with a preposition. (What you should have
> said, of course, is "...several friends with who I like to talk about
> airplanes.")                                 ---
> 
That should be "with whom."  He writes good [sic], unh?