Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 01:30:14 -0700
From: Bill King
Subject: Re: terminal prepositionitis
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For some reason, the flavor of this reminds me of the use of "a pant" for "a
single pair of pants" current in NYC some years ago. Perhaps this sounds
spare, sleek and sophisticated.
Now, if the documents were not properly disposed, would they be ill-disposed?
Bill King
Donald M. Lance wrote:
> It seems to me there has been a recent increase in anxiety over "terminal
> prepositions." TV newspeople suppress them often. Note the final paragraph
> in An Associated Press release on federal government records being sent for
> storage in limestone caves in the Kansas City area:
>
> Documents could be preserved from six to 75 years. Most of them will be
> disposed.
>
> DMLance
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For some reason, the flavor of this
reminds me of the use of "a pant" for "a single pair of pants" current
in NYC some years ago. Perhaps this sounds spare, sleek and
sophisticated.
Now, if the documents were not properly
disposed, would they be ill-disposed?
Bill King
Donald M. Lance wrote:
It seems to me
there has been a recent increase in anxiety over "terminal
prepositions." TV newspeople
suppress them often. Note the final paragraph
in An Associated Press release on
federal government records being sent for
storage in limestone caves in the
Kansas City area:
Documents could be preserved from
six to 75 years. Most of them will be
disposed.
DMLance
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