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Re: Ending a sentence with a preposition (#897726)
Subject:Re: Ending a sentence with a preposition (#897726) From:"Cheverie, Paul [Cont]" <paul -dot- cheverie -at- GPO -dot- CANADA -dot- CDEV -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 19 Sep 1996 14:03:00 EDT
The actual quote is from Churchill and is: "This is the kind of arrant
pedantry up with which I will not put".
Apparently it was Churchill's response to an editors comment on his History
of the English Speaking Peoples regarding his excessive use of split
infinitives. I can't exactly remember where I got this little Churchillian
jewel, but I'm guessing that it came from his son's biography of him
Regards
Paul C.
paul -dot- cheverie -at- gpo -dot- canada -dot- cdev -dot- com
