"Half the town watches it, because the other half is in it."
Alan chose to be in it with his baseball team rather than with the Boy Scouts.
Alan is seated on the left.
Gregory is in the khaki shirt. Stephen is in front of him on the left.
Isabel held the banner for the American Heritage Girls.
Juliana is in the truck, right behind the driver, but she is hard to see.
Laurence was the perfect companion to watch the parade with.* Although he did not get any candy in this shot, he came home with a sizable stash.
Notice how Alan seems to be aiming at certain individuals . . .
In honor of Grandpa Alan, the Korean War Veterans:
In Santa Paula we've got tractors . . .
. . . and pony buggies . . .
and whatever the h*&% these are . . .
To those who live outside California: I am sorry. I tried to crop the pictures as much as possible but I couldn't hide all the crystal clear blue sky. By the way, it was about 75 degrees out.
*If you still hold to the old idea that it is improper to end a sentence with a preposition, what would you do with this one?
Laurence was the perfect companion to watch the parade with...
ReplyDeleteLaurence was the perfect companion with whom to watch the parade.
I am not saying that there is no other way to say the same thing. But this is not like, "You are the person whom I wish to spend the day with." In that sentence, there is an object of the preposition that simply needs to be moved. In my sentence, there is no object to move. Are you bold enough to think of "with" as an adverb?
ReplyDeleteOne might also object to "with whom to watch the parade." "Whom" is a relative pronoun and usually is said to introduce a relative clause. But this is not a clause.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking my VIE 7 says that "whom" is a relative pronoun used in the objective case as in when it is the object of the preposition. And I think "whom" is part of an elide--it is an unspoken object. However, VIE 7 has also convinced that I know jack about grammar.
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