[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
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>> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:27:04 -0700
>> From: burnhamd at rogers.com
>> To: 78-L at 78online.com
>> Subject: [78-L] Conjunctions
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>> 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.
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>> db
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