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  1. September 17, 2012 03:00 PM

    Put up or shut up

    ‘Famous’ quotes that aren’t

    By Merrill Perlman

    Your child’s grade school teacher has asked her to come up with some “famous quotations,” so, naturally, she goes right to her computer and types in “famous quotations.” The paper she turns in has some really famous ones, including this one, from Winston Churchill: From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will...

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