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Why Is it correct to end a sentence with of?

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Some verbs require that they are expressed with a preposition to convey a certain meaning; for example think sometimes takes 'of' to mean 'about' or 'to know' (usually only:

I can't think of any good restaurants around here.

So, a question could be formed using this construction so as to end the sentence with 'of'

How many European countries can you think of?

In the 18th, 19th and to some extent the 20th, centuries, many grammarians prescribed that a sentence couldn't, or shouldn't, be ended with a preposition (as in Romance languages, like Latin, Italian, Portuguese etc.), so:

Who are you talking to? = To whom are you talking?

However, English is originally a Germanic language (like German, Swedish, Danish etc.) which allow sentences to be ended with a preposition (in fact in German it is positively necessary), so it would not be practical to deny this in English, given its linguistic history.

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