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Post by warrl on Sept 1, 2010 9:06:09 GMT
Psst... heads up... we're speaking English, not Latin. We can end a sentence with five consecutive prepositions if we want, and have it be perfectly grammatical and intelligible. I'd actually like to see that... not because I doubt you, but because that would be one awesome sentence! I actually figured out that I can do even better. It seems that the little boy found this one book rather condescending, so it was definitely not his choice for bedtime stories. Nonetheless, that was the book his father carried up the stairs to his bedroom. And the boy said "What did you bring the book that I don't like to be read down to out of up for?"
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Post by Starrylight on Sept 1, 2010 21:09:40 GMT
Most awesome sentence ever. (And most confusing.)
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Post by Casey on Sept 2, 2010 0:54:32 GMT
How on earth did you come up with that, warrl? *chuckle*
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Post by rageboy on Sept 2, 2010 1:09:30 GMT
warrl: that is epically awesome.
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Post by warrl on Sept 2, 2010 2:09:08 GMT
How on earth did you come up with that, warrl? *chuckle* I wish I could claim credit. I only added "down" and modified the story to justify it. I first came across this a long time ago - in, unsurprisingly, a discussion on ending a sentence with a preposition. If you're willing to give up word count for style points, it could just as well be "...down to from up for?"
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