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On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 03:08:48 +0000 (UTC), (Steve
Pope) wrote:

>Bob Terwilliger > wrote:
>
>>Jerry wrote:
>
>>> If a preposition shouldn't end a sentence, what's the proper way to say
>>> that the elevator just went up?
>
>>"The elevator just ascended."
>
>Also, "the elevator just went upwards".

The word "just" isn't used in formal writing... with just that can
mean the elevator 'recently' went up or that it was an 'up only'
elevator. Those who have important information to impart don't use
the word just, it makes what one says much too nebulous... when a
politician starts inserting 'just' into their speech it's because they
haven't a clue what they're talking about and so that their audience
can't hold them to anything specific.