Off for the US Holiday — More Grammar
“Friday’s post about grammar policing (and Richard Sever’s response, that the post was something “up with which he will not put” reminded me of one of my favorite songs that carefully follows the (now largely archaic) notion that one should not a sentence with a preposition. Hence, the chorus below from The Magnetic Fields, “the rest of life pales in significance, I’m looking for somebody with whom to dance.””
The Power Imbalances of Language Policing
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