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Old May 2nd 08, 08:43 PM posted to rec.games.chess.politics,rec.games.chess.misc
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Default The Match That Wasn't

On May 2, 8:39*am, David Richerby
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wrote:
" wrote:


Dr. Dowd's once forged my name on a university website. His criticism
is reminiscent of a cable that Winston Churchill once sent ending a
sentence with "of." When a subordinate reminded him that it was wrong
to end a sentence with a preposition, Churchill replied: "Do you see
the kind of idiocy up which I have to put.=94


As I recall, the exact quote was *"Do you see the kind of idiocy up
*_with_* which I have to put.=94


Clearly the `with' is necessary. *But it's not, in fact, clear that
Churchill ever said or wrote anything of the sort.

*http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html


The version I heard was "This is the sort of nonsense up with which I
shall not put."

John Savard
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