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Question 68

Which statements about prepositions in relative clauses are true in contemporary standard English? Select all that apply.

  1. A preposition may be stranded at the end in formal or informal writing.Correct answer
  2. A fronted preposition can be followed by that.
  3. Whom can follow a fronted preposition when the antecedent is a person.Correct answer
  4. Fronting is always more grammatical than stranding.

Explanation

Preposition stranding is grammatical across registers, and whom is available after a fronted preposition for a person. That cannot occur in that fronted position, and fronting is a stylistic construction rather than a grammatically superior one.

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