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"When i graduated from college, in 1991" Where's copyediting gone to?

• noonespecial 18y ago
  “You ended that sentence with a preposition…Bastard!” -Richard Dean Anderson (as Jack O'Niell)
  • gruseom 18y ago
    I was going to quote one of my favorite lines by Churchill: This is the sort of English up with which I will not put. But I figured why not check the Google first, just in case. First thing I see is an old post from the inestimable Language Log arguing that the quote isn't Churchill's at all: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001715.html http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001715.h... Basically, if you're famous, all the best jokes get attributed to you.
• bprater 18y ago
  Spolsky is one of the best tech essayists alive. If he wants to graduate from college, in 1991, I'd let him.
  • pgebhard 18y ago
    I believe the parent is referring to the lowercase 'i'.
• maw 18y ago
  ", in 1991," is a parenthetical phrase.