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Old February 02, 2011, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Perikles View Post
Speak for yourself. It is a habit up with which I shall not put.
I gingerly wrote "nearly everyone" knowing that there are a rare few souls who are language purists and they have a powerful peanut gallery to which I am not opposed.


And you are right PJT33 using the peposition in the "correct" in a sentence sometimes makes very plain things sound
stilted or poetic. Everyday speech is the proof of the pudding, and most good speakers put the preposition in a place in the sentence where it is most clear and easily understood by others.
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