"It is natural and harmless in English to use a preposition to end a sentence with."

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Source : Kingsley Amis (2011). “The King's English”, p.209, Penguin UK

Kingsley Amis

#Use Quotes #Natural Quotes #Ends Quotes

“You know what they say the modern version of Pascal's Wager is? Sucking up to as many Transhumanists as possible, just in case one of them turns into God.”

Source : Greg Egan (2009). “Crystal Nights and Other Stories”, Subterranean
“Growing up in a house of five girls, I couldn't help but glance at a fashion magazine or two.”
“Even if I am being conservative, I don't see how Obama can lose.”

Source : "Obama Can't Lose? Allan Lichtman Is Never Wrong, Except This Time" by Russell Halley, www.businessinsider.com. September 5, 2011.
“My hope for the future is that we learn wisdom again.”
“No, I chose the name Jane Seymour because I was doing my first film, 'Ode to Lovely War,' and one of the top agents in England spotted me dancing in the chorus. I was a singer and dancer in that movie with Maggie Smith, um, and he told me he couldn't sell me as Joyce Penelope Willomena Frankenburger.”
“Yeah, itâ€™s really great. I mean, the clonesbiansâ€”you know, I have to say, I feel sometimes that fiction can reflect reality and sometimes even affect it. And Iâ€™m really proud to play a gay character whose main problem is not that sheâ€™s gay, which it shouldnâ€™t be for anyone. So, Iâ€™m really proud of that.”
“As much as the Pulitzer is the hallmark of journalism, I think what I love the most is when somebody says they took my column and it's in their wallet. I have had people open their wallet and show me a corner of a column.”
“The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share.”

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