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Subject:Re: awkward sentence -- preposition at end From:Tim Altom <taltom -at- SIMPLYWRITTEN -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 19 Jul 1999 15:53:47 -0500
I rather like your simplified explanation, paraphrased as : "You will have
limited access to company profiles, depending on your access rights." Then
you can go on to expand on the subject if necessary.
Tim Altom
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> "Your access rights determine which company profiles you have read and
edit
> access to."
>
>
> I know that ending a sentence in a preposition isn't necessarily a
cardinal
> sin (well, not to everyone), and frankly I think the sentence seems
awkward
> with the "to which" construction, but it still seems "off" to me. The
> sentence is intended to mean that user's will have limited access to
company
> profiles based on their "access rights". The second "access" is probably
> redundant, but I'm just stuck.
>
