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From: Ken Steel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: ebXML Passes Critical Interoperability Milestone
> Michael Mattias wrote:
>
> > William said Jesus spoke English; not American (William would have
> > preferred American.)
> > English and American are often very different, especially among
graduates
> > (??) of the Chicago Public Schools.
>
> Thank you for straightening me out on that, Michael. But you have now
> given me another problem: who should I apologise to? Jesus, the English,
> the Americans or the Chicago Public Schools?
>
Considering you ended your sentence with a preposition ("who should I
apologize to?"), you might start your apologies with Sister Mary
I-Thought-I-Taught-You-Proper-Grammar.
However, the definitive word on dangling prepositions comes from one of my
favorites, Winston Churchill. On this topic he once commented, "That is the
sort of English up with which I shall not put."
Michael C. Mattias
Tal Systems
Racine WI
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