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Still prepositions... #1 (permalink) Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:56 am   Still prepositions...
 

Here's what a native of American English answered me on the topic of ending a sentence with a preposition:

If you're writing or speaking formally, avoid ending a sentence with a preposition: it might not go down well with some of the more stubborn and pedantic of your audience. But the fact is that this is really a non-rule imposed upon English by unwise grammarians of the past who thought English should conform to the rules of Latin.

So my guess is that this rule is old fashioned.
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Still prepositions... #2 (permalink) Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:35 am   Still prepositions...
 

Yes, probably. :D
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