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Reply Sat 29 Aug, 2015 05:07 pm
Can I say "You are one of Fortune's 100 best companies for which to work."
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Reply Sat 29 Aug, 2015 05:14 pm
You can say it, but it is cumbersome and kind of up-yourself ("hypercorrect") . Why don't you say ""You are one of Fortune's 100 best companies to work for."
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Reply Sat 29 Aug, 2015 05:48 pm
@Tes yeux noirs,
I thought a sentence cannot end with "for".
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Reply Sun 30 Aug, 2015 12:59 am
@Lina2012,
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I thought a sentence cannot end with "for".

That is an archaic rule that does not always apply to modern English.

Oxford Dictionaries says:

(link) : http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/ending-sentences-with-prepositions

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Were you taught that a preposition should never be placed at the end of a sentence? There are times when it would be rather awkward to organize a sentence in a way that would avoid doing this, for example:

in some passive expressions:

√ The dress had not even been paid for.

X Paid for the dress had not even been.

√ The match was rained off.

X Rained off was the match.

in relative clauses and questions that include verbs with linked adverbs or prepositions:

√ What did you put that there for?

X For what [reason] did you put that there?

√ They must be convinced of the commitment they are taking on.

X Of the commitment they are taking on they must be convinced.

There’s no necessity to ban prepositions from the end of sentences. Ending a sentence with a preposition is a perfectly natural part of the structure of modern English.

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