I was recently reviewing a piece of writing for a friend of mine who wrote
Though such a theory does not describe the world we live in, it will undoubtedly shed
light on...
I told him to change this to
Though such a theory does not describe the world in which we live, it will undoubtedly shed light on...
I'm not entirely sure why I think this is correct besides the indirect evidence obtained from recalling that one is not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition.
Was I correct? Is there a general, corresponding rule? If so, what is it?
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