There's also a famous Winston Churchill quote in which he avoids ending his sentence with a preposition, saying, "This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put." ...

There's also a famous Winston Churchill quote in which he avoids ending his sentence with a preposition, saying, "This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put." ...

The dictionary publisher's guidance on the practice has people riled up. Grammarians say the made-up rule is one big waste of time. Not everyone is ready to let it go.

Merriam-Webster had touched on a stubborn taboo — the practice of ending sentences with prepositions such as to, with, about, upon, for or of — that was drilled into many of us in grade school.