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Asked on November 24, 2021 in Grammar.
I think the original poster got their answers wrong. As is clear, it is kept here for
reference as follows: You may be a case of the rather advanced rule, cited by Orwell, that one can sometimes omit a conjunction or preposition for euphonic reasons if the meaning remains clear. For example, in “I think I can do it,” to think is a transitive verb which wants an object, introduced by the conjunction that, as in “I think that I can do it. I usually prefer not to omit such words, but Orwell and The Wall Street Journal disagree with me, and they are better writers than I am.
Is the preposition meaning implicit in your question?
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Asked on November 23, 2021 in Grammar.
I think the original poster got their answers wrong. As is clear, it is kept here for
reference as follows: You may be a case of the rather advanced rule, cited by Orwell, that one can sometimes omit a conjunction or preposition for euphonic reasons if the meaning remains clear. For example, in “I think I can do it,” to think is a transitive verb which wants an object, introduced by the conjunction that, as in “I think that I can do it. I usually prefer not to omit such words, but Orwell and The Wall Street Journal disagree with me, and they are better writers than I am.
Is the preposition meaning implicit in your question?
- 298306 views
- 440 answers
- 108948 votes
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Asked on November 23, 2021 in Grammar.
I think the original poster got their answers wrong. As is clear, it is kept here for
reference as follows: You may be a case of the rather advanced rule, cited by Orwell, that one can sometimes omit a conjunction or preposition for euphonic reasons if the meaning remains clear. For example, in “I think I can do it,” to think is a transitive verb which wants an object, introduced by the conjunction that, as in “I think that I can do it. I usually prefer not to omit such words, but Orwell and The Wall Street Journal disagree with me, and they are better writers than I am.
Is the preposition meaning implicit in your question?
- 298306 views
- 440 answers
- 108948 votes
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Asked on November 22, 2021 in Grammar.
I think the original poster got their answers wrong. As is clear, it is kept here for
reference as follows: You may be a case of the rather advanced rule, cited by Orwell, that one can sometimes omit a conjunction or preposition for euphonic reasons if the meaning remains clear. For example, in “I think I can do it,” to think is a transitive verb which wants an object, introduced by the conjunction that, as in “I think that I can do it. I usually prefer not to omit such words, but Orwell and The Wall Street Journal disagree with me, and they are better writers than I am.
Is the preposition meaning implicit in your question?
- 298306 views
- 440 answers
- 108948 votes
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Asked on November 22, 2021 in Grammar.
I think the original poster got their answers wrong. As is clear, it is kept here for
reference as follows: You may be a case of the rather advanced rule, cited by Orwell, that one can sometimes omit a conjunction or preposition for euphonic reasons if the meaning remains clear. For example, in “I think I can do it,” to think is a transitive verb which wants an object, introduced by the conjunction that, as in “I think that I can do it. I usually prefer not to omit such words, but Orwell and The Wall Street Journal disagree with me, and they are better writers than I am.
Is the preposition meaning implicit in your question?
- 298306 views
- 440 answers
- 108948 votes
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Asked on November 22, 2021 in Grammar.
I think the original poster got their answers wrong. As is clear, it is kept here for
reference as follows: You may be a case of the rather advanced rule, cited by Orwell, that one can sometimes omit a conjunction or preposition for euphonic reasons if the meaning remains clear. For example, in “I think I can do it,” to think is a transitive verb which wants an object, introduced by the conjunction that, as in “I think that I can do it. I usually prefer not to omit such words, but Orwell and The Wall Street Journal disagree with me, and they are better writers than I am.
Is the preposition meaning implicit in your question?
- 298306 views
- 440 answers
- 108948 votes
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Asked on November 20, 2021 in Grammar.
I think the original poster got their answers wrong. As is clear, it is kept here for
reference as follows: You may be a case of the rather advanced rule, cited by Orwell, that one can sometimes omit a conjunction or preposition for euphonic reasons if the meaning remains clear. For example, in “I think I can do it,” to think is a transitive verb which wants an object, introduced by the conjunction that, as in “I think that I can do it. I usually prefer not to omit such words, but Orwell and The Wall Street Journal disagree with me, and they are better writers than I am.
Is the preposition meaning implicit in your question?
- 298306 views
- 440 answers
- 108948 votes
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Asked on November 20, 2021 in Grammar.
I think the original poster got their answers wrong. As is clear, it is kept here for
reference as follows: You may be a case of the rather advanced rule, cited by Orwell, that one can sometimes omit a conjunction or preposition for euphonic reasons if the meaning remains clear. For example, in “I think I can do it,” to think is a transitive verb which wants an object, introduced by the conjunction that, as in “I think that I can do it. I usually prefer not to omit such words, but Orwell and The Wall Street Journal disagree with me, and they are better writers than I am.
Is the preposition meaning implicit in your question?
- 298306 views
- 440 answers
- 108948 votes
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Asked on November 19, 2021 in Grammar.
I think the original poster got their answers wrong. As is clear, it is kept here for
reference as follows: You may be a case of the rather advanced rule, cited by Orwell, that one can sometimes omit a conjunction or preposition for euphonic reasons if the meaning remains clear. For example, in “I think I can do it,” to think is a transitive verb which wants an object, introduced by the conjunction that, as in “I think that I can do it. I usually prefer not to omit such words, but Orwell and The Wall Street Journal disagree with me, and they are better writers than I am.
Is the preposition meaning implicit in your question?
- 298306 views
- 440 answers
- 108948 votes
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Asked on November 19, 2021 in Grammar.
I think the original poster got their answers wrong. As is clear, it is kept here for
reference as follows: You may be a case of the rather advanced rule, cited by Orwell, that one can sometimes omit a conjunction or preposition for euphonic reasons if the meaning remains clear. For example, in “I think I can do it,” to think is a transitive verb which wants an object, introduced by the conjunction that, as in “I think that I can do it. I usually prefer not to omit such words, but Orwell and The Wall Street Journal disagree with me, and they are better writers than I am.
Is the preposition meaning implicit in your question?
- 298306 views
- 440 answers
- 108948 votes