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