Re: A Preposition *WHERE*?--Churchill again

["Cheverie, Paul [Cont]" <paul -dot- cheverie -at- GPO -dot- CANADA -dot- CDEV -dot- COM>]

LaVonna;
     The Churchill quote is actually: "This is the kind of arrant pedantry
up with which I will not put." and if I remember accurately, was issued from
that famous orator's mouth when he was proofing the draft manuscript of his
History of the English Speaking Peoples. I believe that this quote first
appeared in a two volume biography of Churchill by his son (Randolph I think
was his name), although I'd have to check to make sure.
Regards
Paul C
paul -dot- cheverie -at- gpo -dot- canada -dot- cdev -dot- com
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From: TECHWR-L
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Subject: Re: A Preposition *WHERE*?--Churchill again
Date: Thursday, March 21, 1996 8:49AM


  "You Can End a Sentence with a Preposition--because a
  preposition is sometimes the best word to end a
  sentence _with_.  The Latin prepostion was literally a
  pre-positioned word, in accordance with its name or definition,
  so it came 'before.' That's how we came by the rule that
  you can't end a sentence with a preposition.  Then Winston
  Churchill made his now-famous notation
  on a script corrected by a clerk or secretary:
  'This is the kind of arrant pedantry up with which I will
   not put.'"

This is the _only_ place I've seen this "quote" in writing, and
this version may not be verifiable.

Murray goes on to use another example of a poster at a credit union.
The poster had a penny taped to it, and it read "--And there's more
from where this came!"  :-)

Regards,
LaVonna


At 04:06 PM 3/20/96 -0800, Leif wrote:
>Winston Churchill is reported to have responded to the "rule" preventing
>ending sentences with a preposition by saying:

>"That is a rule up with which I shall not put."

>Leif Wennerberg
>Menlo Park, CA
>leif -at- kudonet -dot- com


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