Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site riccb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!riccb!jmc From: jmc@riccb.UUCP (Jeff McQuinn ) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Prepositions Message-ID: <498@riccb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 08:48:57 EDT Article-I.D.: riccb.498 Posted: Fri Aug 23 08:48:57 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 19:39:08 EDT References: <1116@ihlpg.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Rockwell Telecommunications, Downers Grove,Il. Lines: 13 > > "That is a situation up with which we will not put." > > In this case, it is considered better to end the sentence with a preposition > than to make such an awkward sentence. > "That is a situation, which we will not tolerate." It would seem that if a sentence only sounds right when ending in a preposition, it probably is worded incorrectly! Jeff McQuinn just VAXing around