A Lesson From Beavis and Butthead:

Agent Bork: Chief! Ya know that guy whose camper they were whackin' off
in?

Agent Fleming: Bork, you're a federal agent! You represent the United
States Government! Never end a sentence with a preposition.

Agent Bork: Oh, uh... Ya know that guy in whose camper they... I... I
mean, that guy off in whose camper they were whacking?




On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 10:24 -0800, David Brown wrote:
> Teachers will often emphasize things that annoy them, not that are
> wrong.
> I think the best example is the using a preposition to end a sentence
> with.
> Sometimes, a preposition at the end of a sentence is ungrammatical,
> but
> usually it is fine
> <http://grammartips.homestead.com/prepositions2.html>
> 
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