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Originally Posted by engee30  I think you're about ending, I mean in this case, avoiding ending a sentence with a preposition. But I'm not so sure about that.  |
Yes. He disapproved of that rule, and he said it (somebody correcting his sentences so they were "correct" in that fashion) was something "up with which he would not put". (I'm paraphrasing.) He was making fun of the rule at the same time as he was expressing his displeasure with it.
~R