Put up with

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Originally Posted by RonBee

Perhaps. But she would still be wrong. :-|

~R

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Yeah, right. So what about Roberta's meaning to say, 'is the correct but not appropriate or acceptable very formal language'. :roll:

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Originally Posted by engee30

Yeah, right. So what about Roberta's meaning to say, 'is the correct but not appropriate or acceptable very formal language'. :roll:

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Wow, that's a mouthful! ;-)

I am not sure what is (possibly) meant by "very formal language", but "put up with" is a phrasal verb. It is not slang.

~R

P.S. Do you know the famous phrase in which Winston Churchill used the phrasal verb "put up with"?

:-)

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Originally Posted by RonBee

P.S. Do you know the famous phrase in which Winston Churchill used the phrasal verb "put up with"?

:-)

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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. :-|

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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. :-|

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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

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Originally Posted by RonBee

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

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Wow, so I was right in my guessing. Thanks. :up: It's really interesting, so interesting that I've just found a website on which the issue was commented on. Have a look yourself, if you like. :-)
Language Log: A misattribution no longer to be put up with

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Originally Posted by engee30

Wow, so I was right in my guessing. Thanks. :up: It's really interesting, so interesting that I've just found a website on which the issue was commented on. Have a look yourself, if you like. :-)
Language Log: A misattribution no longer to be put up with

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Interesting story. So Churchill didn't really say that after all? Oh well.

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Originally Posted by RonBee

Interesting story. So Churchill didn't really say that after all? Oh well.

:-)

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Your guess is as good as mine. :?: :up:

I think RonBee is correct. ‘Put up with’ is commonly used to mean ‘tolerate’, ‘endure’ or ‘bear with patient’. It may be considered a phrasal verb by some but an idiom by other.

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Originally Posted by RonBee

I will not put up with that sort of behavior.

What does put up with mean?

:-)

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I won`t tolerate that sort of behaviour.