The rule for not ending a sentence in a preposition come from Latin; in that language it makes sense. When English was being developed as a “legitimate” language, (we’re talking 16th century here, folks) the rule was copied over from the Latin grammar books of the time without consideration if it applied to the word structure of this new language.
The rule for not ending a sentence in a preposition come from Latin; in that language it makes sense. When English was being developed as a “legitimate” language, (we’re talking 16th century here, folks) the rule was copied over from the Latin grammar books of the time without consideration if it applied to the word structure of this new language.