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> I
> don't feel we need to worry about ending sentences with
> prepositions, but if you do, try to keep track of whether it
> makes sense to take the phrase apart: "The number they begin
> with" can be turned into "the number with which they begin,"
> because the verb is "begin" (and can be replaced with
> "start" if you like);
Or, with very little effort, you can write phrases such as "beginning
with the number", and eliminate the distraction which the swinging
preposition presents for some readers, myself among them.
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