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"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 Englis

by nicky0 6y ago

"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 6y ago
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 6y ago
  Or within which, with which, yields a pleasant alliteration.