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Monday, December 6, 2004

Where Did That Preposition Get To?

I think it was Winston Churchill who said, in response to a misguided editor's rearranging his words so that a sentence would not end with a preposition, "This is the sort of English up with which I will not put." [Sometimes quoted as "arrant nonsense...," which I think is eminently better.] The... Sign in to see full entry.

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