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-A {{tag|preposition}} is a word, like [[with]] or [[to]] or [[of]], with which one should not end of a sentence — ''if you’re speaking {{tag|Latin}}''. Since (if you’re smart) you’re not, you may put your preposition wherever you damn well please.
+A {{tag|preposition}} is a word, like [[with]] or [[to]] or [[of]], with which one should not end of a sentence — ''if you’re speaking {{tag|Latin}}''. Since (if you’re smart) you’re not, you may put your preposition wherever you damn well please. Like the pendant’s aversion to [[split infinitive]]s, this is a bogus grammatical rule to boldly be dismissive of.
-Like the pendant’s aversion to [[split infinitive]]s, this is a bogus grammatical rule to boldly be dismissive of.
+Prepositions do the important but prosaic job of putting {{tag|noun}}s and {{tag|pronoun}}s in relation to each other - “the cat sat '''[[on]]''' the mat” - so you have your work cut out if you want to put one at the end a sentence. But by all means try.
+Whether or not they end sentences with them, lawyers can still have plenty of fun with prepositions. The easiest upgrade is to substitute normal [[preposition]]s with cumbersome [[compound preposition]]s cobbled out of {{tag|noun}}s, {{tag|conjunction}}s.
+{{plain|the vendor’s rights under the contract|the vendor’s rights pursuant to the contract}}