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To: jbe who wrote (1229)	5/5/1998 2:44:00 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 4710

Hi jbe, Glad to see the thread alive again. I've missed reading it, also. Regarding Fowler: I have the latest edition and here are some quotes from it. One of the most persistent myths about prepositions in English is that they properly belong before the word or words they govern and should not be placed at the end of a clause or sentence. Dryden is credited for beginning this myth which became entrenched, though the grammarians were inclined to treat the stranding of prepositions simply as a matter of informality rather than an error..... The myth of the illegitimacy of deferring prepositions had clearly been destroyed by the end of the 19c. and modern grammars simply recognize that 'Normally a preposition must be followed by its complement, but there are some circumstances in which this does not happen.' Final Verdict: In most circumstances, esp. in formal writing, it is desirable to avoid placing a prep. at the end of a clause or sentence.... But there are many instances in which a prep. may or even MUST (my caps) be placed late. I read the examples and they left me totally confused.