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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:34:38 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:19:34 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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I'm offended by people who end a sentence with a preposition.

"That is a proposition up with which I will not put."

Winston Churchill



I realize old Wilson was being facetious but there is a far better way to
express it: "I will not abide that proposition."

I hope this helps.


Yes. It demonstrates in spades that Winston [Wilson???] had, and I have,
far
better ears than you for the language.

Not to mention at least some sense of humor.



Oops! I must have been subconsciously been thinking of his Auntie.

Ofttimes a sense of humor goes a long way towards masking a lack of
knowledge.

Wilbur Hubbard