She did not have a container in which to put the leftovers.How could a writer best revise the above sentence to avoid overly formal language?

The sentence uses the formal phrase “in which to put.” A more natural revision is “She did not have a container to put the leftovers in,” which ends with the preposition “in.” Ending a sentence with a preposition is acceptable in everyday English and avoids the overly formal phrasing. The sentence is already in active voice, so changing voice would not address the issue.

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