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Re: How Long Before Common Usage Becomes the Rule?
Subject:Re: How Long Before Common Usage Becomes the Rule? From:Amram Hakohen <amramh -at- dnrc -dot- bell-labs -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 10 Oct 2001 15:39:59 -0400
I believe that what he actually said is along these lines:
"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with
which I will not put."
"Mark L. Levinson" wrote:
>
> > Or, as Churchill said, "Never end a sentence with a preposition,
> > unless you want to."
>
> I doubt it. Churchill would have known that "to" is not a
> preposition in that sentence.
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