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Ahava_yin Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
among the most
Hi
I've this question here.
Issues of price, place, promotion, and product are ___ conventional concerns in planning marketing strategies.
among the most/ among the many of
I was told to choose "among the most". I don't know why I can't say "among the many of".
Thank you!
I've this question here.
Issues of price, place, promotion, and product are ___ conventional concerns in planning marketing strategies.
among the most/ among the many of
I was told to choose "among the most". I don't know why I can't say "among the many of".
Thank you!
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EDITED: It's the "among the many OF" that's the problem. " Without that offending "of," it could be either, depending on what you want the sentence to mean. If there are MANY concerns and you are listing just a few as examples, then among the many.
- EDITED: It's the "among the many OF" that's the problem.
- " Without that offending "of," it could be either, depending on what you want the sentence to mean.
- If there are MANY concerns and you are listing just a few as examples, then among the many.
- But if you want to show that there are concerns of more conventional, and in fact, the "most conventional," then you use most.
- " But grammatically, conventinal is fine.
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EDITED:
It's the "among the many OF" that's the problem. As Milky points out below, you can't say "...are among the many of conventional concerns..."
Without that offending "of," it could be either, depending on what you want the sentence to mean. If there are MANY concerns and you are listing just a few as examples, then among the many. But if you want to show that there are con
It's the "among the many OF" that's the problem. As Milky points out below, you can't say "...are among the many of conventional concerns..."
Without that offending "of," it could be either, depending on what you want the sentence to mean. If there are MANY concerns and you are listing just a few as examples, then among the many. But if you want to show that there are con
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Grammar GeekGrammatically, it could be either. It depends on what you want the sentence to mean.
I don't think I've ever heard or seen a construction like "among the many of conventional concerns".
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Oh! You're right. I didn't notice that "of." To be grammatical, it would have to be "among the many conventional concerns" without the of.
Thank you for pointing that out!
Thank you for pointing that out!
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Grammar GeekThat's OK, but don't forget to edit your post.
Oh! You're right. I didn't notice that "of." To be grammatical, it would have to be "among the many conventional concerns" without the of.
Thank you for pointing that out!
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Thanks for pointing out "THE traditional concerns" and the clear explaination.
Thank you very much Grammar Geek and Milky.
Thank you very much Grammar Geek and Milky.
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Hi ahava_yin, Among may be an abundant (sorry redundant) word in the sentence. Because these four ' P.'s are not some several others in the entire list of concerns, but they are all of the list. The list consists of them. So, Price, place, promotion,and product are the conventional concerns. ......' could be an alternative, or 'Price is among the most conventional concerns in planning marke
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