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Everyone’s heard that you should never end a sentence with a preposition, but how many of you know why? The reason is that back at a time when Latin was considered that best and most noble language, and English a crude language of the uneducated, English grammarians decided that since Latin didn’t end sentences in prepositions, English shouldn’t either. They ignored the fact that it’s impossible to end a sentence in Latin with a preposition and still have it make any sense. English on the other hand, as a Germanic language makes extensive use of verb preposition combinations (turn off, listen in, put up with, etc.) Denying English speakers the ability to end sentences with a preposition when the verb/preposition compound calls for it makes no sense – and prompted the above outburst from that master of the English language, Winston Churchill.

According to the U.S. Department of State, the three languages you need to go anywhere in the world are English, Spanish and French. With those languages you can almost always find someone who can communicate with you.