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Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English.

Posted By: wintermute, on host 24.209.9.85
Date: Saturday, February 11, 2006, at 04:41:30
In Reply To: Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English. posted by gremlinn on Saturday, February 11, 2006, at 03:51:55:

> > > > > Anyone who has a problem with split infinitives has not really studied English grammar beyond grade school.
> > >
> > > I think it depends on how split the infinitive is. A word or two is readable; a phrase is not.
> > >
> > > > And as I have said before, it's OK to begin and end a sentence with "and."
> > > >
> > >
> > > How might one end a sentence with "and"?
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> > > La"my own pet peeve is folks who use 'there's' with a plural noun"Zorra
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> > There are many ways of ending a sentence with "and". :-)
> >
> > Josh
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> For example: "Neo resolved that he had had quite enough of this 'Agent Smith' person, so he whipped out his weapon and aimed for the fellow's head to cut short his dry quip: 'You disappoint me, Mr. And--'"

"NATO's three-letter country code for Andorra is 'And'".

Replies To This Message

Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English. - Darien - Sat, 2/11/2006, 06:09:24
- Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English. - Howard - Sat, 2/11/2006, 09:46:17
  - Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English. - H - Sat, 2/11/2006, 09:48:15

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