Prepositions
Probably a silly question, but I'm Norwegian, so please bear with me:
Bearing the "never end a sentence on a preposition" rule, in mind, which of the following two versions of the same sentence would be the correct one:
"Something we intend to make the most of." or
"Something of which we intend to make the most."
Top answer
Aron Hoyer Bearing the "never end a sentence on a preposition" rule, The rule was one of several made by 17th-century scholars, who tried to fit the rules of Latin syntax into a Germanic language, English. They thought that implementing those "rules" would elevate the status of English as a language. At the time, Latin was the "highest language," respected as the language for all intellectual discourse, the church, law, philosophy and science.
- Aron Hoyer Bearing the "never end a sentence on a preposition" rule, The rule was one of several made by 17th-century scholars, who tried to fit the rules of Latin syntax into a Germanic language, English.
- They thought that implementing those "rules" would elevate the status of English as a language.
- At the time, Latin was the "highest language," respected as the language for all intellectual discourse, the church, law, philosophy and science.
- This rule was cast in English textbooks and taught to pupils well into the 20th century, but now it is largely disparaged and ignored.
- Winston Churchill put the nail in its coffin, but it didn't get buried so easily.
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Aron HoyerBearing the "never end a sentence on a preposition" rule,
The rule was one of several made by 17th-century scholars, who tried to fit the rules of Latin syntax into a Germanic language, English. They thought that implementing those "rules" would elevate the status of English as a language. At the time, Latin was the "highest langu
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