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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
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Subject: Re: Prepositions
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Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 03:37:28 EDT
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> > 
> > "That is a situation up with which we will not put."
> > 
> > In this case, it is considered better to end the sentence with a preposition
> > than to make such an awkward sentence.
> > 
> 
>  "That is a situation, which we will not tolerate."
> 
> It would seem that if a sentence only sounds right when ending in a preposition,
> it probably is worded incorrectly!
> 
> 				Jeff McQuinn just VAXing around

Fowler, in "Modern English Usage", calls the idea that sentences must not end
in prepositions a "myth".
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
aka Swazoo Koolak

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