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The Aberdeen Proving Ground Performs the same type of service for the Army as NSWC Dahlgren dose for the Navy. From NSWC Dahlgren.
"Until World War II, the principal work at Dahlgren was to proof and test every major naval gun, along with the rounds they deliver, for fleet use."
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"As an English teacher, the ability to wield the English language with precision and clarity is something I aspire to (and often fail...)."
As you claim to be an English teacher, I hope you learned your students not to end a sentence with a preposition "to" My nephew is a junior in college, majoring in English, and planning to teach it as well. Whenever I ask him about school, I tell him to remember, a preposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with. He just looks at me and I'm sure he doesn't get it yet. Just over a year to go, and I don't think it's going to happen.
Voting for anti-gun Democrats is dumber than giving treats to a dog that shits on a Persian Rug
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Martini Man rather than JL originally posted the much embedded words above. Ending with a preposition can be corrected and this sentence is still goofy-footed. As an English teacher, the ability to wield the English language with precision and clarity is something to which I aspire. Unfortunately, the referrent of "English teacher" apears to be "ability" simply because of the proximity created by the inversion of object and subject in the main clause. Do it right, do it jack's way: As an English teacher I aspire to wield the English language with precision and clarity. I realize this is the Thread Too Tough To Die but please let it do so!
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Jim, I think it was Churchill who was corrected for ending a sentence with a preposition. He then said " That is the type of impertinence up with which I will not put".
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If you fella's
Last edited by Newf; 03/21/10 07:58 AM.
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If you fella's ever want to get a awful skewed veiw of the english language...or maybe an awful headache trying figure what's being relayed....Just come to Newfoundland,not to the city where people want to sound like those they hear on the tele....but to the bay town's ,the cove's and all point's in between ,with a mix of English ,Irish,Scotch,French,Portugese and maybe a little native tounge thrown in for good measure tis sure to shag up a angashore,or even a jackatar if'n e's come from d yudder side o ta gut......sad thing about it though ,is that it's being lost with the younger generation......there's town's not far from where I live that I would have to translate for my 32 year old wife.....That's only five year's younger than myself
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please any help... 6.5mm German drilling
were any of the above sauer calibers stamped with a "1/2" on the underside of the rifle barrel?
ive got a 1920's German drilling (Suhl)
and it is clearly stamped 6,5mm
however the number below the 6,5mm is faded.
the first number may be a 5 or a 3 and the second number may be a 8 or a 5 or a 3.
what is clear on the bottom is that the number ends in a "1/2"
any help would be appreciated.
i suspect its a 6,5x58R but the "1/2" is confusing.
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You can end sentences with a preposition in you want to.
The idea that you can't is simply not true.
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Concur, OWD; so does Burchfield in the latest edition of Fowler's Modern English Usage...
How and why was this thread resurrected anyway?!
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I also can't stand poor grammar. If you notice, journalists used to be held to a certain standard ... not anymore. Greg, although the fashion these days seems to be to attach "any" to a variety of words to make one word, I believe it's still "any more".
Anymore is properly used in a statement about a change in a previous condition or activity. It is often spelled as a two words, any more, but most authorities accept it as a compound word today.
Example: I guess it does not matter anymore.
(Previous condition. It no longer matters.)
Do not use anymore as a synonym for nowadays, today, or lately.
Incorrect: Dad has been getting tired anymore.
Correct: Dad has been getting tired lately.
I am glad to be here.
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