My brother Jonathan showed me this blog post, dealing with the silly claim that one should not end a sentence with a preposition (like those who insist that we have no right to freely split our infinitives). This particular sentence was far too good not to pass on: “What do you keep bringing that book you know I don’t like being read to from out of up for?”
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My favourite story on those lines concerns Americans.
A Texan student was at Yale, and asked a passing (older) student, “Can you tell me where the library’s at?” The older student replied disdainfully, “At Yale, we don’t end our sentences with prepositions.”
The Texan paused for a second, and replied, “Can you tell me where the library’s at, asshole?”
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I believe it was Churchill that said (paraphrase)..
“I cannot stand a man that ends a sentence with a preposition. That is something up with which I will not put.”