All I have to say is that you have to be a mother to understand the sentence. :) Leslie Quist ----- Original Message ----- From: "nhofland via" <norway@rootsweb.com> To: <waggonerdoris@gmail.com>; <norway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 10:06 AM Subject: Re: [NOR] Old URL > Hi All, > > A child is sick with a minor illness. He wants his mother to read to him > from a favorite book. He asks her to go downstairs, get the book, bring > it up, and read to him. She comes back with the wrong book and starts > reading. The child says, "Why did you bring a book I didn't want to be > read from out of up for?". > > Perhaps we should discuss the "for?"."., or maybe it should be > "for?"."?."? > > Kneel, who also taught English in the distant past. > > On Thu, 7 May 2015 17:03:17 -0700 Doris Waggoner via > <norway@rootsweb.com> writes: >> John, >> >> Old-style English teachers used to tell us we could not end a >> sentence in a >> preposition. That's not something that's so rigidly adhered to these >> days, >> especially in informal communication like an email. If the sentence >> flows >> and makes sense, go for it! >> >> The rule originally came from Latin, where the preposition and the >> word it >> was attached to were physically connected as part of the same word. >> In >> other words, it was impossible to "disconnect" them. In English, >> prepositions and the words they connect to are two separate words, >> so the >> rule makes a lot less sense. >> >> So as a former English teacher, I'd say, don't worry about the >> rule! >> >> Doris >> >> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 6:56 PM, John Ferman via >> <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> > Back in 2004 someone from Norway sent me a census reference of >> > http://snipurl.com/8tzw. Of course, URLs have changed a great deal >> since >> > then. Anyone recognize to what the reference was to. Pardon for >> ending a >> > sentence in a prepositio. >> > >> > Sent from my iPad >> > John Ferman >> > Minneapolis, MN >> > >> > >> > Norwaylist Archiveshttp:// >> > archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway >> > >> > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB >> > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html >> > >> > guidelines >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> Norwaylist >> Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway >> >> RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html >> >> guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > High School Yearbooks > View Class Yearbooks Online Free. Reminisce & Buy a Reprint Today! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/554ced381d6146d373420st04vuc > Norwaylist > Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

lol Barbara On 5/8/2015 7:58 PM, Leslie Quist via wrote: > All I have to say is that you have to be a mother to understand the > sentence. :) > Leslie Quist > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nhofland via" <norway@rootsweb.com> > To: <waggonerdoris@gmail.com>; <norway@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 10:06 AM > Subject: Re: [NOR] Old URL > > >> Hi All, >> >> A child is sick with a minor illness. He wants his mother to read to him >> from a favorite book. He asks her to go downstairs, get the book, bring >> it up, and read to him. She comes back with the wrong book and starts >> reading. The child says, "Why did you bring a book I didn't want to be >> read from out of up for?". >> >> Perhaps we should discuss the "for?"."., or maybe it should be >> "for?"."?."? >> >> Kneel, who also taught English in the distant past. >> >> On Thu, 7 May 2015 17:03:17 -0700 Doris Waggoner via >> <norway@rootsweb.com> writes: >>> John, >>> >>> Old-style English teachers used to tell us we could not end a >>> sentence in a >>> preposition. That's not something that's so rigidly adhered to these >>> days, >>> especially in informal communication like an email. If the sentence >>> flows >>> and makes sense, go for it! >>> >>> The rule originally came from Latin, where the preposition and the >>> word it >>> was attached to were physically connected as part of the same word. >>> In >>> other words, it was impossible to "disconnect" them. In English, >>> prepositions and the words they connect to are two separate words, >>> so the >>> rule makes a lot less sense. >>> >>> So as a former English teacher, I'd say, don't worry about the >>> rule! >>> >>> Doris >>> >>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 6:56 PM, John Ferman via >>> <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Back in 2004 someone from Norway sent me a census reference of >>>> http://snipurl.com/8tzw. Of course, URLs have changed a great deal >>> since >>>> then. Anyone recognize to what the reference was to. Pardon for >>> ending a >>>> sentence in a prepositio. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> John Ferman >>>> Minneapolis, MN >>>> >>>> >>>> Norwaylist Archiveshttp:// >>>> archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway >>>> >>>> RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB >>>> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html >>>> >>>> guidelines >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> Norwaylist >>> Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway >>> >>> RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB >>> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html >>> >>> guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> High School Yearbooks >> View Class Yearbooks Online Free. Reminisce & Buy a Reprint Today! >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/554ced381d6146d373420st04vuc >> Norwaylist >> Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway >> >> RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html >> >> guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >