Re: awkward sentence -- preposition at end

Subject: Re: awkward sentence -- preposition at end
From: Jane Lorenzen <haneford -at- YAHOO -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:40:05 -0400

"Your access rights determine which company profiles you can read and
edit."

> "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.


Jane Lorenzen
haneford -at- yahoo -dot- com


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