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Old November 12th 08, 01:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general,microsoft.public.windows.live.messenger,microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop
James Hogg
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:47 -0000, "D. Spencer Hines"
wrote:

Twaddle....

_All of us_ is correct English.


Right.

So is "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone"

An episode of Star Trek had the incorrect title "Let He Who Is
Without Sin". Bad form.

Some people find it hard to maintain the distinction between
subject and object exemplified in the following biblical
quotation:
"he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be
opened."

There are even people, like Hines himself, who think it's all
right to say "All things come to he who waits." They think that
the correct form -- "All things come to him who waits" -- is an
attempt to impose German syntax on English.

Hilarious!

And to quote George Washington:

I add no more than that you may ever count upon the friendly
sentiments and best wishes of him who has the pleasure to
subscribe himself

James Hogg
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