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From: John Colagioia <JColagioia@csi.com>
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Daniel Ellison wrote:

> "John Colagioia" <JColagioia@csi.com> wrote:
> > infinitive, as there is little in Latin we English-speakers should aspire
> to.]
> Ahh!  Ending an English sentence with a preposition is something up with
> which I will not put!
> Sorry John, I couldn't resist; I just loved the irony.  (Yes, I know I'm
> bending the use of "irony" slightly, but the definition does include
> incongruity between what is expected and what occurs.  I wouldn't have
> expected to see a sentence end in a preposition within the same paragraph
> discussing such.)

Heh...I'm just glad someone noticed.  Unfortunately, I can't take full credit
for the statement.  A friend's linguistics professor has been doing that in his
classes for years.


