A pet peeve of mine, too. My high school grammar book had cartoons to illustrate various mistakes. The one in this regard had the caption, “They hung Oswald from the nearest tree.” The cartoon showed a man hanging from his collar from the hook on coat tree. .However, more and more I see the formerly improper usage used in newspapers and magazines.
A pet peeve of mine, too. My high school grammar book had cartoons to illustrate various mistakes. The one in this regard had the caption, “They hung Oswald from the nearest tree.” The cartoon showed a man hanging from his collar from the hook on coat tree. .However, more and more I see the formerly improper usage used in newspapers and magazines.