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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Ahead

"A long-running dispute between the GMB union and the only company bidding to provide security for the conference means there is still a risk it may not ahead." (The Guardian.)

Is "ahead" a verb in the above?
  

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Anonymous Is "ahead" a verb in the above? No. It's supposed to be "may not go ahead".

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Is "ahead" a verb in the above?
  • No.
  • It's supposed to be "may not go ahead".
  • The verb 'go' used to be omitted occasionally in Shakespeare's time, but it never happens in modern English!
  • CJ
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AnonymousIs "ahead" a verb in the above?
No. It's supposed to be "may not go ahead".

The verb 'go' used to be omitted occasionally in Shakespeare's time, but it never happens in modern English!
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Thank you, CJ, for the reply.
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