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May 13, 2006
the pen and the sword
language log - the geopolitical significance of sentence-final prepositions
Wow. Seems the US army is trying to counter insurgency by running an essay competition.
John Hodgman and Jon Stewart had a lot of fun with it on the Daily Show. John Hodgman points out that:
You can’t fight a war on terror if you’re ending a sentence with a preposition
He also offered this nice bit of rhetorical advice:
First you tell them how you’re going to kill them; then you kill them; then you tell them how you just killed them.
If you feel like entering the essay competition, here’s the info:
CAC Military Review Essay Competition
And here’s a lnk to The Daily Show piece on it on youtube:
youtube - daily show on the essay competition
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Posted by Billy at May 13, 2006 11:28 PM
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