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This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put. Churchill, Winston

Source: WINSTON CHURCHILL, marginal note after receiving a civil servants objection to the ending of a sentence with a preposition and the use of a dangling participle in official documents.Kay Halle, Irrepressible Churchill, p. 166 .In other versions of this anecdote, the word English is often used instead of pedantry. · This quote is filed under Uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation · Tell us if you know any facts or errors in this quote · Make a shirt with this quote on our USA or UK shop · Help your friends discover QB

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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG OM CH TD FRS PC PC (Can) (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was an English statesman and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Well-known as an orator, strategist, and politician, Churchill was one of the most important leaders in modern British and world history. He won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature for his many books on English and world history. Sir Winston Churchill was voted the greatest-ever Briton in the 2002 BBC poll the 100 Greatest Britons. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version.

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