Preposition Proposition?

I was apologizing to my friend Darnell for my slow response to her email, and I saw that I had written:

I have a mountain of email to dig out from under.

As you may or may not know, an alleged Churchillian quote is this one:

That is the sort of nonsense up with which I shall not put!

Churchill was actually not being a grammar snob but was, in fact, responding to an editor's correction of one of his sentences that ended with a preposition. The correction, apparently, resulted in a rather ridiculous sentence so Churchill responded in kind. 

Sir Winston Churchill died 50 years ago last week, so in honor of his memory, (and wit) I hereby dedicate this sentence:

I have a mountain of email out from under which I must dig.

Rest in peace, Churchy. You were da' Bomb.

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Comments

[ionabunny]

Hi Deborah, Darnell has a great tab on her blog called Away with Word which I read the other day and was heartily amused. I am sure she really loved this sentence. Hope you are feeling better. Hugz

[Betty]

love it Deb - when i was student teaching many years ago i ended a sentence with a preposition and it was noted on my critique - of course i was teaching high school english at the time!! never have forgotten that!!!

[Darnell]

Yes, of all people, I got a kick out of your commentary on prepositions, seeing as how I make an effort to butcher the English language at every turn, especially as regards head-on, er, I mean, run-on sentences. And, anywhistle, I'd rather deal with propositions than prepositions! But, seriously, I hope you were able to dig yourself out from under that mountain of email of which we spoke earlier! Hugs, Darnell

[Dotty Jo]

Excellent stuff, I've always loved that quote! Jo x

[karenladd]

Haha!! Love it! While I do get irritated with grammatical errors which make it difficult to understand what is being said, I have been known to dangle my share of prepositions in my dsy!

[Janet Swanlady21]

You made me smile! Thanks.