Re: The Match That Wasn't

On May 2, 8:39=A0am, David Richerby <dav...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Dr. Dowd's once forged my name on a university website. His criticism
> >> is reminiscent of a cable that Winston Churchill once sent ending a
> >> sentence with "of." When a subordinate reminded him that it was wrong
> >> to end a sentence with a preposition, Churchill replied: "Do you see
> >> the kind of idiocy up which I have to put.=3D94
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> > As I recall, the exact quote was =A0"Do you see the kind of idiocy up
> > *_with_* which I have to put.=3D94
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> Clearly the `with' is necessary. =A0But it's not, in fact, clear that
> Churchill ever said or wrote anything of the sort.
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> =A0http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html

The version I heard was "This is the sort of nonsense up with which I
shall not put."

John Savard