Can I use two prepositions in an example?
I want to say “the reality of and outlook on crime in Europe” without using two prepositions.
Can I tell about crime in Western Europe as a society? Can
you point me to a grammatical reference for this issue so I can read further?
Was it a good idea to do a Facebook video? If not, why?
When forming a parallel construction such as this, it is important to include all the words necessary to make the parallelism work properly. As you note, “outlook” and “reality,” require two different prepositions, those prepositions need to be included in the paralleled structures. Let’s do it! What else will I have to do? Interestingly, the prepositions do make the sentence look at least a little bit awkward, so it is probably worth your while to search around a bit for alternative words that use matching prepositions, or to change the sentence to eliminate the parallel construction.
Crime in Europe: the reality vs. the perception
What is
outlook?
When forming a parallel construction such as this, it is important to include all the words necessary to make the parallelism work properly. As you note, “outlook” and “reality,” require two different prepositions, those prepositions need to be included in the paralleled structures. Let’s do it! What else will I have to do? Interestingly, the prepositions do make the sentence look at least a little bit awkward, so it is probably worth your while to search around a bit for alternative words that use matching prepositions, or to change the sentence to eliminate the parallel construction.
Crime in Europe: the reality vs. the perception
What is
outlook?
What do we mean by outlook? What are the best predictions? What do you think/opinions are yours? What is emotions? The word tells us very little. Is it better to use a word that’s not so lazy, not so weasely? Why not simply do the facts without the preamble?
What we have done, for years now, to fix “the reality of crime” and of “the look on crime” are two ideas different enough that
each deserves its own phrase or sentence. Is there anything we can do to try to eliminate half 2 of the population from today’s world? ”
— Pete
1 The reality”.
2 The outlook. “,
” the famous crook from the Indian Ocean.
How do
we know about the criminal situation in Europe?
How can I get back to myself?
How do
we know about the criminal situation in Europe?
How can I get back to myself?
When forming a parallel construction such as this, it is important to include all the words necessary to make the parallelism work properly. As you note, “outlook” and “reality,” require two different prepositions, those prepositions need to be included in the paralleled structures. Let’s do it! What else will I have to do? Interestingly, the prepositions do make the sentence look at least a little bit awkward, so it is probably worth your while to search around a bit for alternative words that use matching prepositions, or to change the sentence to eliminate the parallel construction.
Crime in Europe: the reality vs. the perception
What is
outlook?
What do we mean by outlook? What are the best predictions? What do you think/opinions are yours? What is emotions? The word tells us very little. Is it better to use a word that’s not so lazy, not so weasely? Why not simply do the facts without the preamble?
What we have done, for years now, to fix “the reality of crime” and of “the look on crime” are two ideas different enough that
each deserves its own phrase or sentence. Is there anything we can do to try to eliminate half 2 of the population from today’s world? ”
— Pete
1 The reality”.
2 The outlook. “,
” the famous crook from the Indian Ocean.
What do we mean by outlook? What are the best predictions? What do you think/opinions are yours? What is emotions? The word tells us very little. Is it better to use a word that’s not so lazy, not so weasely? Why not simply do the facts without the preamble?
What we have done, for years now, to fix “the reality of crime” and of “the look on crime” are two ideas different enough that
each deserves its own phrase or sentence. Is there anything we can do to try to eliminate half 2 of the population from today’s world? ”
— Pete
1 The reality”.
2 The outlook. “,
” the famous crook from the Indian Ocean.
What do we mean by outlook? What are the best predictions? What do you think/opinions are yours? What is emotions? The word tells us very little. Is it better to use a word that’s not so lazy, not so weasely? Why not simply do the facts without the preamble?
What we have done, for years now, to fix “the reality of crime” and of “the look on crime” are two ideas different enough that
each deserves its own phrase or sentence. Is there anything we can do to try to eliminate half 2 of the population from today’s world? ”
— Pete
1 The reality”.
2 The outlook. “,
” the famous crook from the Indian Ocean.
What do we mean by outlook? What are the best predictions? What do you think/opinions are yours? What is emotions? The word tells us very little. Is it better to use a word that’s not so lazy, not so weasely? Why not simply do the facts without the preamble?
What we have done, for years now, to fix “the reality of crime” and of “the look on crime” are two ideas different enough that
each deserves its own phrase or sentence. Is there anything we can do to try to eliminate half 2 of the population from today’s world? ”
— Pete
1 The reality”.
2 The outlook. “,
” the famous crook from the Indian Ocean.
