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minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·2 years agoI like the way you managed to use the correct “whom” to sound posh then completely fucked it up with the “at” on the end :)
minus-squareFat Tony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoYeah that’s the perfect way to describe my English in general ^^.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYou mean “Yeah that’s generally the way to describe my English in general” 🙃
minus-squarePissnpink@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·edit-22 years agoYou can end a sentence on a prepositional phrase. That’s an old style suggestion, not a rule.
minus-squareHandwovenConsensus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoBut it’s redundant in that sentence because it began with “at.”
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoWho are you, a representative of the redundancy department of redundancy?
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYeah he pays his membership fees in cash, gets it from the ATM machine
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoStop it with all the redundant pleonasms!
I like the way you managed to use the correct “whom” to sound posh then completely fucked it up with the “at” on the end :)
Yeah that’s the perfect way to describe my English in general ^^.
You mean “Yeah that’s generally the way to describe my English in general” 🙃
You can end a sentence on a prepositional phrase. That’s an old style suggestion, not a rule.
But it’s redundant in that sentence because it began with “at.”
Who are you, a representative of the redundancy department of redundancy?
Yeah he pays his membership fees in cash, gets it from the ATM machine
With a secure pin number
Stop it with all the redundant pleonasms!
Ah, true thAT.