Preposition, ending with (was Re: can you think of an example of 'click on' used in a grammatically incorrect way?)

Subject: Preposition, ending with (was Re: can you think of an example of 'click on' used in a grammatically incorrect way?)
From: "Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:59:40 -0700


David Brown wrote:

> Chris Despopoulos wrote:
> >
> > The results you get depend on which button you click on. As we all
> > know, ending with a preposition shoul be avoided because it's bad
> > grammar to write with.
>
> What's that quote? It's something about a preposition being a bad thing
> with which a sentence to end. :)

I like this one:

"This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put."
-- Winston Churchill, responding to a civil servant who objected to his
ending of a sentence with a preposition in an official document

Richard


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