"Up with which I will not put" (was: RE: "and then," or simply "then"?)

Subject: "Up with which I will not put" (was: RE: "and then," or simply "then"?)
From: Odile Sullivan-Tarazi <odile -at- mindspring -dot- com>
To: "Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:09:14 -0700


Actually, this sentence is *not* grammatically correct, nor does it
illustrate the absurdity (though it purports to) one frequently finds
oneself in by attempting to never end on a preposition. The phrase
"to put up with" is a phrasal verb, and it must be kept intact.

But it's still funny.



Odile



At 12:40 PM -0500 9/24/08, Downing, David wrote:
>------------------------------
>
<snip>
>
>But this reminds me of a famous example of a sentence that's
>grammatically correct, yet sounds very awkward and unnatural. The
>speaker was talking about ending a sentence with a preposition, and
>said, "This is a practice up with which I will not put."
>
>I agree that glaringly bad grammar is disturbing, and that as writers,
>we should always show others, by example, the correct way to do things.
>But when it gets to the point of writing statements that sound downright
>unnatural, that's another story.
>
>David
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