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To: Moonman62

Was it Churchill who said, “Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.”


17 posted on 05/18/2019 5:52:45 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: N. Theknow

No, Churchill said something similar, but he did so to mock an advisor for nitpicking him ending a sentence with a preposition only a moment before.


73 posted on 05/18/2019 10:19:55 AM PDT by Lurker51
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