By judging others, we blind ourselves to our own evil. (Bonhoeffer) Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners and contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise. (Socrates) Theres one thing worse than being alone: wishing you were. The most difficult secret for a man to keep is the opinion he has of himself. On Thanksgiving, my mom, after six bloody marys, looks at the turkey and says, Here, kitty, kitty. (David Letterman) Pithy Point: Prepositions A preposition usually precedes its object, but it may also follow its object. A preposition may also come at the end of the sentence: FOR a week, she couldnt get the horrible scene OUT OF her mind. We know which chair you are hiding BEHIND, said Ann TO her toddler. What did Allison do that FOR? Superfluous (redundant, unnecessary) prepositions are wrong. Wrong: Where is the book at? Right: Where is the book? Famous Winston Churchill story: In a letter to Churchill, a lady chided him for ending a sentence with a preposition. His response: Yes, madam, that is a situation up with which you should not put. Hopefully, she got the point. It is wrong to end a sentence with a preposition ONLY if the preposition is superfluous.
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