[lit-ideas] Churchill's Proposition

  • From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 21:32:21 EDT

 
 
In a message dated 9/5/2004 9:26:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
It's not  only OK now to end
sentences with prepositions; it always has been.  ...
As Churchill said, 'This is a rule up with which I will not  put.'
Robert Paul
Professor of Grammatical  Anarchy


----
 
Only that, strictly speaking, if you end a sentence with a preposition, it  
becomes, analytically, a "_postposition_" you're ending your sentence  with.
 
Cheers,
 
JL
 
 

 


------------------------------------------------------------------
To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html

Other related posts:

  • » [lit-ideas] Churchill's Proposition