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[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (14 children)
[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I like the way you managed to use the correct "whom" to sound posh then completely fucked it up with the "at" on the end :)

[–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

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

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Stop it with all the redundant pleonasms!

[–] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Ah, true thAT.

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