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cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com  writes:
> shag@aero.org (Robert M. Unverzagt) writes: 
> | In article <1992Sep6.001706.3520@dg-rtp.dg.com> cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (A. Jing Hippy) writes:
> | >
> | >		[spelling flame deleted]
> | >
> | > I *will* point out that this came from rec.humor.funny, but I don't find
> | > it all that humorous.  I see people get out of cars at drive-thru machines
> | > all the time.  Suppose I'm a passenger and ask the driver to stop by the
> | > bank for me. I'm on the wrong side of the car and either have to get out
> | > or give the driver my secret code number.  While I might give that number
> | > to a lot of friends because I trust them and/or assume that they'll forget
> | > it before we hit the bank driveway, I certainly wouldn't pass it out to
> | > just anyone I happened to be in the car with.
> |                                           ^^^^
> | Can I include a grammar flame in alt.flame.spelling?  Thank you.
> 
> You can if you can find one. Ending a sentence with a preposition is 
> considered "bad style" and "to be avoided when possible", but it is not
> and never has been a grammatical error.
> 
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> |Dave Cochran, Data General Corporation, RTP, NC   |
> |cochran@dg-rtp.dg.com                             |
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> |dog ate the Avon lady.                            |
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Personally, I think a preposition is a fine thing to end a
sentence with.
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