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Tips from 1870 | Usage: Needless Prepositions. Prepositions, like other parts of speech that contribute nothing to the meaning, should not be suffered to cumber the sentence. Where am I at? Where is my book at? I went there at about noon. In what latitude is Chicago in? Where are you going to? Take your hat off of the table. Where has James been to? They offered to Caesar a crown. This is a subject of which I intended to speak about (omit of or about, but not both). She has a sister of ten years old. Leap in with me into this angry flood. The older writers employed the useless for in such expressions as, What went ye out for to see? The apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. Source: Slips of Speech. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 45 44 4C 45 53 53 50 52 45 50 4F 53 49 54 49 4F 4E 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01000101 01000100 01001100 01000101 01010011 01010011 00100000 01010000 01010010 01000101 01010000 01001111 01010011 01001001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E E D L E S S   P R E P O S I T I O N S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 0045 0044 004C 0045 0053 0053 0050 0052 0045 0050 004F 0053 0049 0054 0049 004F 004E 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48393938463953532505239504953435443494853 |
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