Prepositions [was Re: Expiring mail]

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 12:43:26PM -0400, Christopher Mosley wrote:
> Maildir format might be found at qmail but I really don't know. Perhaps
> there is info there on how to do this, it seems to be something people
> would be in need of - I mean -  something for which there is a need.
> Why on earth shouldn't a sentence end with a preposition? 

I have at least one style guide that says it is perfectly fine to end a
sentence with a preposition.  It can be confusing in some contexts,
though.  Hence the "rule".  You do have a run-on sentence there. But
that's a different matter.

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