Re: Prepositions [was Re: Expiring mail]
"Eric G . Miller" wrote:
>
> 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.
>
With respect to the "preposition", I think the proper term in this case
is "enclitic". It is really part of the verb. So it is ok to say:
That is something I won't put up with.
Instead of:
That is something up with which I will not put.
To mildly misquote Winston Churchill.
Cam
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