scream-of-consciousness;
"If you're trying to change minds and influence people it's probably not a good idea to say that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell."
HFS. I just had to put, like, 15 letters into the maw of the Blogsnot verification machine. We've been through, over, and a couple of other prepositions, this subject lately.
On a tangent:
"USAGE NOTE It was John Dryden who first promulgated the doctrine that a preposition may not be used at the end of a sentence, probably on the basis of a specious analogy to Latin. Grammarians in the 18th century refined the doctrine, and the rule has since become one of the most venerated maxims of schoolroom grammar."
Uh, whatevah. It's still gaytardeded (extra "-ed" for emphasis).
More:
But sentences ending with prepositions can be found in the works of most of the great writers since the Renaissance. English syntax does allow for final placement of the preposition, as in We have much to be thankful for or I asked her which course she had signed up for. Efforts to rewrite such sentences to place the preposition elsewhere can have stilted and even comical results, as Winston Churchill demonstrated when he objected to the doctrine by saying “This is the sort of English up with which I cannot put.”
*gasp* I've gotta go to bed. This grammar crap is overwhelming. Those quotes from here:
There is a classic quote attributed to Winston Churchill. A woman criticized him for ending a sentence with a preposition. His response was, "Madam, this is a type of effrontery up with which I will not put."
Dat's only becuz it's hard to eat snausage wit a spoon.
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HFS. I just had to put, like, 15 letters into the maw of the Blogsnot verification machine. We've been through, over, and a couple of other prepositions, this subject lately.
ReplyDeleteOn a tangent:
"USAGE NOTE It was John Dryden who first promulgated the doctrine that a preposition may not be used at the end of a sentence, probably on the basis of a specious analogy to Latin. Grammarians in the 18th century refined the doctrine, and the rule has since become one of the most venerated maxims of schoolroom grammar."
Uh, whatevah. It's still gaytardeded (extra "-ed" for emphasis).
More:
But sentences ending with prepositions can be found in the works of most of the great writers since the Renaissance. English syntax does allow for final placement of the preposition, as in We have much to be thankful for or I asked her which course she had signed up for. Efforts to rewrite such sentences to place the preposition elsewhere can have stilted and even comical results, as Winston Churchill demonstrated when he objected to the doctrine by saying “This is the sort of English up with which I cannot put.”
*gasp* I've gotta go to bed. This grammar crap is overwhelming. Those quotes from here:
http://www.answers.com/prepositions&r=67
skh
I found this somewhere, somewhen. It may have already posted have I.
ReplyDeleteFarmer: "Where you from?"
Up Easter: "My dear sir, from whence I hail, one is not accustomed to ending sentences with prepositions."
Farmer: "OK. Where you from, asshole?"
This is beyond my area of expertise and will be left to professionals because I have not a damn clue what this is about or means.
ReplyDeleteMan! I would love to hear 'Raymond J. Johnson Jr.' do his bit again. What a howl!
ReplyDeleteThere is a classic quote attributed to Winston Churchill. A woman criticized him for ending a sentence with a preposition. His response was, "Madam, this is a type of effrontery up with which I will not put."
ReplyDeleteHarriot's bio says he's married,but I say he's as gay as 3 unicorns dancing around a maypole.
ReplyDeleteas an old buddy of mine would say: "Queer as a football bat"
ReplyDelete"iupyd" - who was it, you or me?