How to Write in Plain English

Re:How to Write in Plain English by nicky0 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:02PM (#24272709)

"In which basket did you put that exquisite marble figurine?" is perfectly good English. It sounds better to me that the "which ... in" version. (British English speaker.)

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Re:How to Write in Plain English by pmoriarty on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:20PM (#24272962)

To my ears, a slight improvement to this would be to use the word "Into" instead of "In":

"Into which basket did you put that exquisite marble figurine?"

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Re:How to Write in Plain English by c22 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:46PM (#24273275)

Or within which, with which, yields a pleasant alliteration.

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