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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
More realistically: For academic and other formal writing, avoid splitting infinitives and ending sentences with prepositions. It doesn't matter if they're "correct;" they'll be noted as wrong.
For less-formal writing, storytelling, dialogue, and anything from a character's point of view, splitting infinitives and ending with prepositions are both fine.
Just don't dangle your participles.
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Ending sentences with prepositions isn't bad but it does result in a weak sentence. Too many of them and it can bring the whole novel down a peg. It may, at times, be best to rewrite the sentence. For example:
It is behavior I will not put up with. [Change to:] It is behavior I will not tolerate.
That is a situation I have not thought of. [Chang to:] That is a situation I have not considered.