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If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?
As a preposition, with is supposed to be a simple, āinnocentā word functioning in similar ways to those of other prepositions such as āinā, āatā, āoverā, āunderā, ātowardā and ābeforeā:
Having purchased a pizza with his own money, Charlie Brown departed with Snoopy who picked a fight with Woodstock earlier.
The first with signifies āas an instrument; by means ofā; the second denotes āin the company of; alongside; along side of; close to; near toā; and the third means āagainstā.
This particular W word, like many other much abused four-letter words, has been strained, stretched and wranggled excessively in its usage. Anyone contemplating starting a sentence with the W word is staring down the barrel of an unruly gun prone to firing ungrammatical projectiles. For those who wish to be clearā¦
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