Biscuit ([info]baloonworld) wrote,
@ 2008-02-27 10:27:00
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Waste
I spent half an hour in the library checking what Fowler has to say on the subject of ending a sentance with a preposition. The short version is "It's English, not Latin. Get over yourself" Now I have to waste more time arguing with John about it.

Lovely.

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[info]elmyra
2008-02-27 11:36 am UTC (link)
"This is the sort of thing up with which I will not put."

From http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/p.html#prepend

Did I miss the point when the Physics and Linguistics research councils were merged?

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[info]baloonworld
2008-02-27 01:11 pm UTC (link)
No, this is just part of the ongoing grumble about the transfer report.

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