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The Preposition See Comments. Actual Blog therein. Make Women Female Again |
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Our blog yesterday ( Writing ) got me thinking about this grammar 'rule' that I'm sure our readers have heard. I've certainly heard it periodically, but to be honest I couldn't define what a preposition is for you, so I write and speak without any concern for this 'rule'. In the meme, I would probably have said something very similar to the first example .... 4 out of 5 would have been OK with it.  Yeah ... No kidding. If I'd ever heard someone say that,, I wouldn't have given it a second thought. In a million years, I wouldn't even have known the sentence ended with a preposition. I Googled the subject and here's what I found out .....The “rule” against doing so is overwhelmingly rejected by modern style guides and language authorities and is based on the rules of Latin grammar, not English. I guess that puts us in the clear  I remember my father told me a story about Winston Churchill when I was a kid. If you know anything about Winston, you know he had a quick wit. in any event, here's the story ..... When Winston Churchill was chastised for ending a sentence with a preposition, he wittily responded. “This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.” ..... IIs that perfect or what?!?! Now I'm gonna have Winston Churchill on the brain. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a blog related to him coming up in the near future. I've read through many of his quotes and he certainly had some good ones. OK peanut gallery preposition away!!  Make Women Female Again
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Once, when conversing with that English professor, I knew I had made a grammatical error. To my surprise, she informed me that this was not a test so continue the thought. You know she corrected me after the next sentence, don't you.......it's always a test!
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love that Churchill anecdote!
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my favorite Churchill story, from the Diaries of Lord Moran, was Churchill met Stalin and they had a wild night of drinking and discussing strategy. Next morning, Churchill is hung over, scrambling to remember what he promised/agreed to when there's a knock on the door. A messenger from Stalin arrives with a note. It says, don't worry about what we agreed on last night. I've had the translator killed.
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Communication is all that matters. If someone is understood, f*ck the grammar. There are so many, but a favorite Churchill quote of mine was: A woman once said to Churchill, "If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea!", to which he replied, "Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it!".
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I have no problem with the preposition rule, but what is arrant pedantry?
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The Churchill quote about the tea is great. Another that I like. Minister of Pariliment Bessie Braddock: "Winston, you are drunk, and what's more you are disgustiingly drunk." Winston Churchill: "My dear, you are ugly, and what's more you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I will be sober!
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Those that know all the finer points of grammer, do get mightly wound up when we lesser mortals make a mess of it.
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