[78-L] Conjunctions

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Sep 21 19:09:51 PDT 2009


"To is a preposition, come is a verb."
	--Lenny Bruce

Sorry.."to come" is the infinitive form of the verb "come". But it was a great 
routine.

dl

Cary Ginell wrote:
> Never use a preposition at the end of a sentence, unless you have to.
> 
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> Cary Ginell
>  
>> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:27:04 -0700
>> From: burnhamd at rogers.com
>> To: 78-L at 78online.com
>> Subject: [78-L] Conjunctions
>>
>> Except "and" "but" "or" are not prepositions - they're conjunctions.  
>> It's the end of sentences that should not be a prep....  "Where did he 
>> eat at." - BOOOOOOO!!!
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>> You're right, I thought of that as soon as it had headed skywards from my computer but, unfortunately, once it's gone you can't get it back.
>>
>> db
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