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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. | 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. | 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 and other flotsam and jetsam of the English language. | ||
{{plain|the vendor’s rights | {{plain|the vendor’s rights the pursuant to contract|the vendor’s rights under the contract}} | ||
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