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BD gets minus points for ending a sentence with "on" and having an awkward show title.

As Dreams are Made On . . . ########. Hope that is better grammar for you.

Also that's just a really old joke when someone says they don't end sentences on prepositions.

The joke is often attributed to Winston Churchill--although I've never seen it definitively sourced--who is said to have responded to a complaint about his having ended a sentence with a preposition with this retort: "This is the sort of English up with which I will not put."

It's fine to end a sentence with a preposition. The "rule" against doing so is really meant to encourage people not to add prepositions where they are redundant, e.g.:

Don't say, "Where are you going to?"

Say instead, "Where are you going?"

Don't write, "Where are the Blue Devils rehearsing at?"

Simply write, "Where are the Blue Devils rehearsing?"

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Actually not bad music in a nostalgic way...

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The joke is often attributed to Winston Churchill--although I've never seen it definitively sourced--who is said to have responded to a complaint about his having ended a sentence with a preposition with this retort: "This is the sort of English up with which I will not put."

It's fine to end a sentence with a preposition. The "rule" against doing so is really meant to encourage people not to add prepositions where they are redundant, e.g.:

Don't say, "Where are you going to?"

Say instead, "Where are you going?"

Don't write, "Where are the Blue Devils rehearsing at?"

Simply write, "Where are the Blue Devils rehearsing?"

OMG, Evita got it wrong! ( "Another Suitcase in another Hall" aka the Drumcorps traveling song....)

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Actually not bad music in a nostalgic way...

I prefer a number of other Perry Como songs to that one.

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Don't say, "Where are you going to?"

Say instead, "Where are you going?"

OMG, Evita got it wrong! ("Another Suitcase in Another Hall", aka the drum corps traveling song....)

Poetic license!

While that song is from Evita, it may be worth noting that Evita herself was not the singer in the original concept album / stage musical. Rather it was performed by "Perón's Mistress". But in the movie they gave it to Madonna (I remember one film critic grumbling about that).

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I predict very large crowd's!

Don't wait to buy your tickets, just saying.

Peace

Yep. Like last year...
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Ok, my final predictions for 2016 ( until a week from thurs. ):

Crossmen

Blue Stars

Boston Crusaders

Cavaliers

Madison Scouts

Phantom Regiment

Blue Knights

S.C. Vanguard

Cadets

Bluecoats

Carolina Crown

Blue Devils.

( ok,... and I'm not responsible for howls of laughter at schools or places of employment, nor for any spilled coffee on laptops today either. )

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