I think we should make a new rule: that though it's not ok to end a sentence with a preposition, it is ok if one ends a sentence with 2 prepositions. They sort of cancel each other out, kind of like 2 negatives making a positive.
________________________________ From: "s3raph...@yahoo.com" <s3raph...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 2:27 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Spirit Guided Lucid Dreaming You're onto a loser with this one. Like you, I really enjoy it when I read a sentence that has the possessive - it sounds so right, so justly chosen - but I'm probably too lazy a writer to spot my own oversights. And, for sure, out there amongst the great unwashed no one would understand what you're on about. --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: Another pet peeve: a person's avoiding the possessive case before a gerund ________________________________ From: "s3raphita@..." <s3raphita@...> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:19 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Spirit Guided Lucid Dreaming Pet peeve of mine also. And, like you, I hit the Send key just as I notice I've missed or added '. Yes, I wonder if the interest in lucid dreams and the like isn't demon Mara up to his old tricks making mundane things seem alluring. --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > >Let dream state take its natural course I say. Pet peeve of mine with people >mix up it's and its! > > > > >
