"Rumors abounded regarding..." or "Rumors regarding... abounded."

[Taxiarchis]

Hello,

I have a question regarding the following sentence, which is the fragment of a story I'm working on:


"Rumors abounded regarding the rapid deterioration in the relations between the nobility and the military."


My concern is, whether I can leave abounded in second position, right after Rumors and before the rest of the sentence, or if I have to place it at the very end of the sentence - something like "Rumors regarding... abounded.", as I had mentioned in the thread's title.

I would also like to know, if the sentence comes off as unnatural and/or stilted. I myself feel rather put off by all the repetitive sounds (all the Rs in the first half and those two '-tion(s)' so close to each other), which is also why I really, really didn't want to say "...abounded about".


Thank you in advance

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: "Rumors abounded regarding..." or "Rumors regarding... abounded."

I prefer the original. The longer the sentence, the less advisable it is to separate the two.