On 30 Nov 2004 08:16:56 -0800, Richard R. Hershberger
<rrhersh@acme.com> wrote:
> Chris Croughton <chris@keristor.net> wrote in message news:<slrncqkai3.445.chris@ccserver.keris.net>...
>> On 28 Nov 2004 18:16:58 GMT, Mark Barratt
>> <mark.barratt@enternet.hu> wrote:
>>
>> > I think you need to distinguish between different levels of
>> > formality, and different contexts in English. We all adjust our
>> > English to some extent depending on who we're talking to,
>>
>> "to whom we are talking"
>
> You're kidding, right?
Nope. I really dislike trailing prepositions, I find them hard to
parse, and mentally reword sentences which do them most of the time.
(I do sometimes generate them when talking, and then have to reword them
so that I understand what I said if I was listening...)
Chris C
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