Ending a sentence with a preposition is something of with which I will not put -Winston Churchil

The infamous quote by Winston Churchill — or rather, the legendary misquote that’s been marching around English classes like a grammar sergeant with a monocle.

Let’s set the scene:

Churchill, master of words and wartime zingers, was once allegedly corrected by an editor or grammar pedant who told him not to end his sentences with a preposition. You know, like “What are you talking about?” — Gasp! That dangling “about” at the end! The horror!

Churchill, ever the sharp-tongued wordsmith, was supposedly so offended by this fussy grammar rule that he fired back with this stinger:

“This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.”

Translation: Take your grammar rules and file them where the sun doesn’t shine — alphabetically, of course.

Was this his way of saying the rule is ridiculous? Absolutely.

Did he actually say it? Eh… probably not exactly like that. It’s more of a “Churchill-ism” passed around like a fine bottle of sarcasm at a grammarians’ dinner party.

But the spirit of the quote lives on — a war cry for everyone who’s ever said “Who are you going with?” and felt judged by a rogue English teacher.

And honestly, if Churchill could defeat Nazis and cling to his casual prepositions, the rest of us can sleep soundly ending a sentence with “at.”

So next time someone tries to correct your grammar with snobbery, just respond with a Churchillian flair:

“That is a correction up with which I shall not put.”

Boom. Grammar mic drop.