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Re: preposition. (was Re: [Bug-gnupress] Thank you for offering to proof
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Joe Fineman |
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Re: preposition. (was Re: [Bug-gnupress] Thank you for offering to proofread "Using GCC") |
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21 Apr 2003 17:18:50 -0400 |
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Stephen Compall <address@hidden> writes:
> On Sunday 20 April 2003 07:06 pm, Simon Law wrote:
> > p. 15, line 10: "...something up with which we will not put."
> > should read "...something we will not put up with."
>
> Actually, I think this is an attempt to follow the ol' "don't end
> the sentence with a preposition" thing.
On the contrary, I think it alludes to Winston Churchill's reputed
refusal to put up with the taboo. See Fowler's _Modern English Usage_
s.v. "preposition at end" for a vigorous defense of late prepositions
with plenty of examples.
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[Bug-gnupress] Updated list of who took which sections to edit, Lisa M. Opus Goldstein, 2003/04/30