On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:52:24 -0700, sf wrote:

>On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 13:44:59 -0400, Peter A <paitken@CRAPnc.rr.com>
>wrote:
>
>>If people write sloppy English, so be it - they may still have something
>>interesting to say. I don't want to be a "grammar nazi" or anything like
>>that. My goal is not to say "Hey stupid, I'm smarter than you" but
>>rather to say "perhaps you would like to know this." Unfortunately,
>>insecure people are so touchy about any criticism, they would rather
>>remain ignorant than learn something new because of their stupid pride.
>
>Don't assume. Everybody knows a preposition is something you don't
>end a sentence with. ;) However, we disregard the rules
>occasionally because the style of writing in rfc is less formal and
>has a more conversational tone to it.

possibly most by now have heard the story concerning prose stylist
winston churchill:

On the subject of ending sentences with prepositions, people often
recount a story involving Winston Churchill. When an editor dared to
change a sentence of Churchill's that appeared to end inappropriately
with a preposition, Churchill responded by writing to the editor,
"This is the kind of impertinence up with which I shall not put."

this and a rundown on the whole megillah are here:

<http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/022703.htm>

your pal,
blake