a preposition is the wrong sort of word
to end a sentence up with.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Nov 2010, 12:12, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I could be wrong
but I thought that was just an old rule from Latin grammar that had dwindled into disuse in most modern European languages?
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 15 Nov 2010, 12:15, Reply)

if you want to talk proper, like
you won't disregard it
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Nov 2010, 12:18, Reply)

I must admit, it has led to me constructing sentences which sound quite pompous just so I don't end them with a proposition
I just have an inkling that it's unnecessary.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 15 Nov 2010, 12:20, Reply)

I wonder what the original rule was
seeing as in Latin generally prepositions are always before the noun they govern, with the exception of a few, such as causa

EDIT: I'm thinking about this backwards. In Latin the two are always inextricable, with but in the case of a few the preposition going ahead. It makes a little more sense.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 15 Nov 2010, 12:19, Reply)

I can take or leave prepositions
sometimes it sounds ridiculous to mangle a sentence to avoid a prep. The famous example being the "up with which I will not put" Churchill quote.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Nov 2010, 12:38, Reply)

I don't miss The Grammar Badger

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 15 Nov 2010, 12:15, Reply)