1. Prep: Hanging prepositions. Avoid ending sentences or clauses on prepositions. They make sentences end weakly. To remember the rule, memorize the sentence "Prepositions are weak words to end sentences on." In correcting the error, do not add a redundant second preposition:
AWKWARD: She is the woman he fell eternally in love with.
REDUNDANT: She is the woman with whom he fell eternally in love with.
RIGHT: She is the woman with whom he fell eternally in love.
AWKWARD: The school she graduated from is located in Germany.
REDUNDANT: The school from which she graduated from is located in Germany.
RIGHT: The school from which she graduated is located in Germany.
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1. Prep: Hanging prepositions. Avoid ending sentences or clauses on prepositions. They make sentences end weakly. To remember the rule, memorize the sentence "Prepositions are weak words to end sentences on." In correcting the error, do not add a redundant second preposition:
AWKWARD: She is the woman he fell eternally in love with.
REDUNDANT: She is the woman with whom he fell eternally in love with.
RIGHT: She is the woman with whom he fell eternally in love.
AWKWARD: The school she graduated from is located in Germany.
REDUNDANT: The school from which she graduated from is located in Germany.
RIGHT: The school from which she graduated is located in Germany.