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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 2, 2008 20:46:11 GMT -5
in a preposition. Some pompous jackass so he tell everyone they are wrong.
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Post by The Scuba Guy on Jan 2, 2008 20:47:27 GMT -5
Mine!
It was my idea!
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 2, 2008 20:50:47 GMT -5
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Post by H-Fist on Jan 2, 2008 20:51:13 GMT -5
Proper written English =/= proper spoken English. My writing is incredibly proper when I put any effort into it, but I defend the use of the word "y'all" in spoken English as the plural of "you." How many prepositions are there in the language, anyway? Is it really that hard to avoid them when you are writing and, thus, have time to edit before submission? Again, I'll end sentences in conversation with a preposition, but prepositions are a horrible thing to end a sentence with.  |
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Post by The Scuba Guy on Jan 2, 2008 20:51:46 GMT -5
And it was MY idea that sentences can't begin with 'And' or 'Because'! |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 2, 2008 20:53:44 GMT -5
And it was MY idea that sentences can't begin with 'And' or 'Because'! Argghhhh. |
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 2, 2008 20:55:26 GMT -5
prepositions are a horrible thing to end a sentence with. And it was MY idea that sentences can't begin with 'And' or 'Because'!  |
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Post by THE Dinobot on Jan 2, 2008 21:04:15 GMT -5
And it was MY idea that sentences can't begin with 'And' or 'Because'! And that's just wrong. Because sentences CAN begin with those words, it just has to be done in a proper manner, which isn't how I've done it to demonstrate it. |
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Post by Lionheart on Jan 2, 2008 21:06:05 GMT -5
Ending a sentence in a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
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Post by The Scuba Guy on Jan 2, 2008 21:06:51 GMT -5
And it was MY idea that sentences can't begin with 'And' or 'Because'! And that's just wrong. Because sentences CAN begin with those words, it just has to be done in a proper manner, which isn't how I've done it to demonstrate it. You didn't get the irony there? |
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Jan 2, 2008 22:37:18 GMT -5
And that's just wrong. Because sentences CAN begin with those words, it just has to be done in a proper manner, which isn't how I've done it to demonstrate it. You didn't get the irony there? I did. It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 2, 2008 22:42:47 GMT -5
Just after the Civil War there is a banquet thrown in a little town just on the edge of the Mason-Dixon Line in an attempt to heal the wounds a bit for the families who have suffered. A southern saves up her money and goes to the banquet where she is dazzled by the expensive dresses and jewelry of her northern counterparts. Feeling a little intimidated, she decides to be courteous anyway and introduce herself. She comes up to two snobbish looking northern woman and attempts conversation.
"It sure is nice to meet you, where are y'all from?"
One of the women looks down their nose at her and haughtily says
"Where we're from, we don't end our sentences with prepositions"
Undeterred the southern woman retorts
" Oh, pardon me, I meant, where are y'all from, BITCH?"
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 2, 2008 22:44:54 GMT -5
Kinda interesting that it's the wrong who's starting this thread. Should be Whose.
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Post by BoilerRoomBrawler on Jan 2, 2008 22:55:28 GMT -5
I never understood how or why it is wrong either.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Jan 2, 2008 23:04:22 GMT -5
It's a rule from Latin Grammar, where it makes sense, from what I understand.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 2, 2008 23:06:17 GMT -5
It's a rule from Latin Grammar, where it makes sense, from what I understand. I think most of the rules were just some rich guys who got drunk one night and said this makes us sound smart. |
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