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Prepositions: Totally okay to end sentences with

Author
Columbia Journalism Review
Published
Wed 25 Jan 2023
Episode Link
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A deep dive into a "rule" that arguably never was—and certainly isn't now. So where did it come from? As usual, a poet's to blame. Digressions include the animal tranquilizer xylazine, the authorship of works credited to Shakespeare, the dubiousness of quotes attributed to Churchill, Restoration-era rap battles, and Beavis and Butt-Head.


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Thing 1: Ryan Davis

Thing 2: Mike Laws

Producer: Amanda Darrach

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