One of those things I was taught as a kid, is that when writing, I should never end a sentence with the word "to"
Now, if I want to end my sentence with a 'to', I do as I did in my previous reply, I add .... (example: Not what I was looking forward to...)
Does that make it more acceptable?
:)
Ha ha....that brings out the teacher in me - the reason why you were taught that is simply because the beginnings and ends of sentences or lines, in the case of poetry, are climactic points and you don't want to waste the opportunity to make an impression by using a weak word like a preposition. If you haven't noticed, I tend to drop weak words such as definite articles etc relying on strong nouns and verbs - it's a form of ellipsis but it makes writing more concise and hopefully more elegant or more intense. The exception is in informal clocks of usage such as when you write to me - (write how you speak - it doesn't matter) or in dialogue - no one speaks the Queen's English in convos - well maybe, me , LOL!!