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Vlivef Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

An "illogical" preposition

Hi there,

I would appreciate your help with the following sentence:

"Jane looked all over town for a dress to wear TO the party". (1)

(I borrowed this example from NTC's Am. idioms dictionary so it should be perfect English grammarwise, etc.?)

The word combination "to wear (a dress, etc,) TO the party" looks a little (for lack of a better term) illogical to me. Is the preposition "to" the only one suitable in this specific sentence? How about "...AT the party"?

vlivef

  

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You could say "to wear at the party", but there's nothing wrong with "to wear to the party", and it's the one I'd be more likely to use.

— Blue Jay

  • You could say "to wear at the party", but there's nothing wrong with "to wear to the party", and it's the one I'd be more likely to use.
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You could say "to wear at the party", but there's nothing wrong with "to wear to the party", and it's the one I'd be more likely to use.

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vlivefThe word combination "to wear (a dress, etc,) TO the party" looks a little (for lack of a better term) illogical to me.

In this case English allows us to drop a few words. The idea is that it's a dress that she'll wear when she goes to the party (and, by implication, when she is at the party).

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