To: Baynative
Be sure not to miss the next to the last sentence in the article!Here it is...
Law enforcement officials have not confirmed where the two men are from.
Wow! How right are you! Terrible! A sentence in a major news outlet that is actually ending with a preposition! My English teacher would be turning over in her grave!!
2 posted on
08/27/2011 8:34:16 AM PDT by
China Clipper
(My favorite animals usually are found next to the rice on my plate.)
To: China Clipper
The perps are from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.....of course, all you sillies!
Leni
6 posted on
08/27/2011 8:39:25 AM PDT by
MinuteGal
(Too Bad Those of Us who Work for a Living Have to Support Those who Vote for a Living)
To: China Clipper
LOL - it almost distracts from the bias.
10 posted on
08/27/2011 8:47:07 AM PDT by
Baynative
(If the government was in charge of the desert , we'd soon have a shortage of sand.)
To: China Clipper
A sentence in a major news outlet that is actually ending with a prepositionIt may violate that old chestnut of a rule, but it doesn't seem to offend; and it's hard to think of a superior construction. How would you write it?
I think the poster was hinting at an illegal alien angle, not the grammar.
12 posted on
08/27/2011 8:47:40 AM PDT by
Minn
(Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
To: China Clipper
Ah ha! Knew it. They’re illegals. There’s so many marijuana farms in Oregon and Washington run by illegals that it’s become a major business for the area. The only thing I’m surprised about is this was on private land because many are in state and national forests.
20 posted on
08/27/2011 9:37:00 AM PDT by
bgill
(just getting tagline ready for 6 months after you vote in Perry - Tried to warn you he's a RINO.)
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