> ... sometimes _new_ rules by reference to Ancient Greek and Latin ... This is also where we get the idea of not ending a sentence with a preposition. That's

> ... sometimes _new_ rules by reference to Ancient Greek and Latin ... This is also where we get the idea of not ending a sentence with a preposition. That's a very Latin rule, but makes no sense in a Germanic language where prepositions are sometimes used not directly as prepositions but rather to modify a verb. Think of the sentence "I sit up" as an example.