Re: She don't like my grammar

[susan+rick]

I'm not sure how old you or Trey are, Paul, but this lyric could not have
been written any other way. "Where it's at" was common usage during the
hippie days, as in "Smokin' hash is where it's at." "It" refers to a state
of coolness or hipness or whatever you want it to mean as long as it's good.
Joni is making a rebuttal to her lover's attempt at profundity: Being in the
darkness is not where it's at.

Excuse my lapse into pedantry.
Ranger Rick

On 3/10/01 10:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
> And to me, it's not so much the ending with a preposition that's a problem
> because many grammarians say that is antiquated objection, but the fact that
> "at" is superfluous. "Where's that?" should suffice.