Ah, Robert, thank you! I agree, there's nothing wrong with ending a sentence with a preposition. See
http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxprepos.html
By the way, split infinitives are sometimes the most graceful way of expressing a thought, in which case they are okay, too. See
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexper...litinfinitives
And, while I'm at it, the French influence on our language did not end with vocabulary; this influence includes the emphatic use of the accusative form of personal pronouns in expressions such as "It is me" and "It is him" (analogous to "C'est moi" and "C'est lui"), which is why such expressions persist despite efforts to promote the more Latinate "It is I" and "It is he" construction. See
http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxitsmev.html
Of course, there's something to be said for convention, too--even unsubstantiated convention--but when artificial rules are imposed on a language, the language can't be faulted for rebelling against them.
Julie Stoner