[Vision2020] prepositions

[Joan Opyr]

A preposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with.  Or so opined 
the late Winston Churchill.

And speaking of "the late," I have been advised by a bossy-boots friend 
that I should not say that I wish to emulate "the late" Steve McQueen.  
  I don't need a Triumph Bonneville to emulate the late anyone; all I 
need is a coffin and a whole lot of quiet time.  Well, ha, ha.  I think 
this is nit-picking.  Would my friend have been happy if I'd said that 
I wanted to transform myself into "the living" Steve McQueen?  No 
because that might suggest I was under the impression that Steve 
McQueen had risen from the dead and, though I don't deny that he was 
certainly cool enough to perform a miracle or two, I don't wish to 
offend my devoutly Christian friends.  I ask you, what's a girl (or, 
rather, a middle-aged lesbian) to do?

In Steve We Trust,
Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment

PS: A dirt bike, eh Dan?  You might be onto something there.  But since 
I'm a freeloader who doesn't pay rent, surely I could afford both a 
dirt and a street bike?  Lucky me!

On Aug 31, 2005, at 10:44 AM, Art Deco wrote:

>
> Donovan,
>
> Since when is ending an English sentence with a verb not permitted?
>
> The irony in the above and this sentence, was it caught?
>
> Perhaps you are confusing verbs and prepositions.  That might explain 
> a lot.
>
> W.