What is the language "British"?

Michael P. Brininstool mikepb at hoplite.org
Tue Aug 29 15:02:50 UTC 2006


> Another good rule is never to end a sentence with a preposition.

>From <http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=388#put>:
"After receiving a Minute issued by a priggish civil servant, objecting to
the
ending of a sentence with a preposition and the use of a dangling participle
in official documents, Churchill red pencilled in the margin: "This is the
sort
of pedantry up with which I will not put." 





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