Thanks, Jim. I see you have an education to defend me with. As for the proposition, well, we were down in the Keys on a hide-away vacation and didn't want to spoil it. So no, we didn't want company. Maybe another time.
If we get the place in the Keys we are looking at (oops- again), we'll have lots of propositions for company to fish with (oops- again!). DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Collins To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 4:24 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: to Mark Romero Do not end sentences with a preposition. * This is not true at all (it is old grammar school stuff). From the Chicago Manual of Style (the bible for an large portion of the writing world): "Usually a preposition comes before its object, but there are exceptions. For example, the preposition can end a clause, especially a relative clause, or sentence [this isn't the pen that Steve write with]. And a preposition used with the relative pronoun that (or with that understood) always follows the object [this is the moment (that) I've been waiting for]." So, while a proposition is definitely preferred-I wish I was going to Florida, I'd be contacting you about fishing in a heartbeat-there is nothing wrong with Don's use of the preposition. J Sorry, couldn't resist. Jim Jim Collins "I think fly fishing and writing attract the same kinds of personalities. They tend to be real detail oriented. A fly fisherman will worry about how many turns of hackle there should be in a dry fly. And a writer will sit up all night worrying about the proper use of a semicolon." --John Gierach From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of jerry goldsmith Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 2:19 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: to Mark Romero Dimento, Do not end sentences with a preposition. * BTW, when you are in Florida do you want fish with ? J Jerry Goldsmith *ending with a proposition is much better. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of DonO Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:51 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] to Mark Romero Mark, received the hooks, but my email to you is bouncing. Please send me an email that I can get a message through to. Thanks, DonO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.5/1979 - Release Date: 3/1/09 5:46 PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
