Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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the.dialogue

Member Since

April 24, 2006

Total number of comments

1

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Preposition Rule

  • April 24, 2006, 8:12pm

Who was it that said...

"Prepositions at the ends of sentences is something up with which I cannot put."

;)


Prescriptive grammar can go too far.

(I know that put up with is a phrasal verb, and that's why it sounds silly, but it's just a joke.)