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Old August 21st 12, 11:17 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Arthur Shapiro[_2_]
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In article , "Joy" wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...: "That
is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put."


Then, of course, there's the sentence that ends with five prepositions: A
young child is being read a bedtime story, and complains:

"Why did you bring that book I didn't want to be read to out of up for?"

My own peeve, and I don't think it has been mentioned, is the almost universal
misuse of "it's" as a possessive. This drives me up the proverbial wall.

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