Daniel Jarboe wrote:
> While generally true on the history,
>
> 1) Not ending a sentence in a preposition has become the rule... not
> that you personally have to agree with it anymore than you agree with
> the commonly held definition of hacker or pirate or anything else
> these days.
>
> 2) "With" as it is used in that quote is an adverb (modifying the verb
> up), which is why it sounds so rediculous when reordered as if it were
> used as a preposition.
>
> ~ Daniel
...a little OT, but who's counting, anyway?
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