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Subject:Prepositions From:Glenn Crumpley <gcrumpley -at- VNET -dot- IBM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 Dec 1994 13:21:34 EST
>A preposition is a terrible word to end a sentence with. I'd never write the
>preceding sentence in a manual, but I would put it in email/e-mail/E-mail --
Oh no, not this one again. I thought that the Usage Police had pretty much
conceded that this rule is a holdover from a misguided effort to force
English to conform the rules of Latin grammar.
I agree with those who advocate applying a little judgement
and choosing the sentence that communicates more clearly.
As others have observed, religious adherence to this rule often produces
convoluted, confusing sentences. That's not what rules are for.
