AM 1540, Exeter, NH Ready For Switch?

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 16 Mar 2009 at 5:15, Sid Schweiger wrote:

> >>A better solution would be to find a phrase that, while correct,
> >>delivers 
> the message.<<
> 
> An even better solution would be to stop trying to enforce
> non-existent rules of grammar.  Radio isn't a second-grade English
> lesson, and there's nothing whatsoever wrong with talking the way
> normal people talk.
 
The supposed rule about not ending sentences with a preposition was 
never really a rule of English grammar.  It was a construct of 19th 
Century grammarians who were trying to make English grammar more like 
Latin.  

Someone is supposed to have criticized Winston Churchill for ending a 
sentence with a preposition.  His reply:  "This is an impudence up 
with which I shall not put!"

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