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Once we found it acceptable to end sentences with prepositions, I think we became more flexible with the use of our language. The pre-dictionary use of English would appall some of you. Language is a living entity; it is prone to change.
If you can't live with that, at least stop ending sentences with prepositions. It will add weight to your cause, and it will make you sound far more educated, if not stuffy.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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