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[-] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You can end a sentence on a prepositional phrase. That's an old style suggestion, not a rule.

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago

But it's redundant in that sentence because it began with "at."

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

Who are you, a representative of the redundancy department of redundancy?

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah he pays his membership fees in cash, gets it from the ATM machine

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

With a secure pin number

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Stop it with all the redundant pleonasms!

[-] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 1 points 9 months ago

They're filling up the screen on my LCD display!

[-] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

Ah, true thAT.

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