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To: campaignPete R-CT
The word “whom” has been exterminated

Yes, as well as the proscription against ending a sentence with a preposition. In my day, it would read "I asked Indian Americans for whom they are voting." Sounds a little dated now.

8 posted on 10/26/2024 2:55:48 AM PDT by Blennos ( Byaasearepeat itnbelow.)
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To: Blennos

Those two grammatical rules were drilled into me as well. The preposition rule,is simple to,master: “Never use a preposition to end up a sentence with.”


13 posted on 10/26/2024 4:12:02 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (It should be illegal to be here illegally. It should be a crime to be committing crimes in the USA.)
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To: Blennos

End a proposition with a preposition

Get tossed in the grammar slammer


18 posted on 10/26/2024 5:22:50 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Blennos

Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.


19 posted on 10/26/2024 5:48:46 AM PDT by null and void (If the government won't protect the vote, the border, the citizens, then why have that government?)
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