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:: I think it may cause some ructions, Greg. Keeping certain Administrators to the laws of English may be abridge too far. (As I think you knew when you wrote the above :-)) I am also reminded of Churchill's great put down of grammatical orthodoxy: "Ending a sentence with a preposition is the sort of thing up with which I shall not put." And we have continental divides - America, Britain, NZ. Australia, FNQ. It's not long ago I stopped having to slap down frequent assaults on my own spelling. Then what do we do with such as [[User:Alex00]]? A Conservapedia style manual would not be worth the effort, I'm afraid. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 00:51, 26 January 2013 (EST)

:: I think it may cause some ructions, Greg. Keeping certain Administrators to the laws of English may be abridge too far. (As I think you knew when you wrote the above :-)) I am also reminded of Churchill's great put down of grammatical orthodoxy: "Ending a sentence with a preposition is the sort of thing up with which I shall not put." And we have continental divides - America, Britain, NZ. Australia, FNQ. It's not long ago I stopped having to slap down frequent assaults on my own spelling. Then what do we do with such as [[User:Alex00]]? A Conservapedia style manual would not be worth the effort, I'm afraid. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 00:51, 26 January 2013 (EST)

:::I am not convinced that all the so-called grammar rules are all that helpful.  'Not ending a sentence with a preposition' is one that I would single out as being marginal at best.  Often, attempts to comply with this rule leave sentences unclear and unwieldy.  Here is one take on the issue [http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/11/grammar-myths-prepositions/]  In any case, I suggest that the article reflect the fact that opinion is divided on the merits of many of these "rules".  --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 01:32, 26 January 2013 (EST)

:::I am not convinced that all the so-called grammar rules are all that helpful.  'Not ending a sentence with a preposition' is one that I would single out as being marginal at best.  Often, attempts to comply with this rule leave sentences unclear and unwieldy.  Here is one take on the issue [http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/11/grammar-myths-prepositions/]  In any case, I suggest that the article reflect the fact that opinion is divided on the merits of many of these "rules".  --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 01:32, 26 January 2013 (EST)