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		nicky0 on Aug 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Write in Plain English "In which basket did you put that exquisite marble figurine?" is perfectly good English. It sounds better to me that the "which ... in" version. (British English speaker.)

pmoriarty on Aug 25, 2020 [–]

To my ears, a slight improvement to this would be to use the word "Into" instead of "In":

"Into which basket did you put that exquisite marble figurine?"

c22 on Aug 25, 2020 | [–]

Or within which, with which, yields a pleasant alliteration.

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