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English 1b3 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
at neck and waistline/on his neck and waistline
At thirty-five he was already putting on rolls of fat at neck and waistline.
Should this be '...rolls of fat on his neck and waistline'?
Thanks
Should this be '...rolls of fat on his neck and waistline'?
Thanks
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For me, the original is acceptable. "on his" or "at his" would be more usual I think.
- For me, the original is acceptable.
- "on his" or "at his" would be more usual I think.
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For me, the original is acceptable. "on his" or "at his" would be more usual I think.
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Why is it okay to remove the possessive pronoun in the above, but not in the below?
He lost his car over the weekend.
He lost his car over the weekend.
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Another possiblity I didn't mention last time: "... at the neck and waistline".
The question, more generally, is why it is acceptable here (albeit perhaps not usual) for the countable nouns "neck and waistline" to do without a determiner -- whether this be a possessive pronoun, article, or other. I'm afraid I'm going to explain this as "idiomatic", connected with the presence of "a
The question, more generally, is why it is acceptable here (albeit perhaps not usual) for the countable nouns "neck and waistline" to do without a determiner -- whether this be a possessive pronoun, article, or other. I'm afraid I'm going to explain this as "idiomatic", connected with the presence of "a
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