Stephen wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:43:06 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> 
>> Stephen wrote:
>>> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:29:43 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>>> "Save for the weather, we would have had fun"?
>>>> That sounds much more British to my ear, actually. Interesting.
>>> Funnily enough I am British :-)
> 
> I was just being sarky :)
> 
>> I gathered that, based on your "pond" references. I mean, it's funny that 
>> the British have stricter rules about not starting a sentence with a 
>> preposition, and to this American at least, using "save" instead of "but" 
>> there gives the sentence a British flavor. Or flavour.
>>
> 
> Why do you say that "it's funny that the British have stricter rules about not
> starting a sentence with a preposition"? 

I put an extra comma in there. It's funny that (you have stricter rules and 
it makes you sound more British when you follow them).

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
   There aren't any trees on Mars.

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