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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (2338)4/22/1999 10:57:00 AM
From: Rick Julian  Respond to of 4711
 
Thank ya suh. A nice glass of MGR is sliding down the bar toward you and your sweaty palms.



To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (2338)4/22/1999 11:01:00 AM
From: jbe  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 4711
 
Lather, I agree, but not because option 1 "avoids the Preposition Terminus" (a superstition, not a rule) but, as you say, because "it has rhythm".

Which of these two sentences (variations on a theme by Winston Churchill) has more rhythm?

"That is the sort of superstition up with which I will not put."

"That is the sort of superstition I will not put up with."

jbe


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