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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
At or of
1 I talked to the customer service department at Microsoft.
2. I talked to the customer service department of Microsoft.
Which is the correct prepostion in this case? I guess even 'of' would be fine.
2. I talked to the customer service department of Microsoft.
Which is the correct prepostion in this case? I guess even 'of' would be fine.
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(1) is the expected, Andrei. (2) is a common formation by my students, and I cannot slight the logic, but 'I talked to the Microsoft customer service department' would be the usual formation. My initial interpretation of (2) is that you are identifying the company rather than the department or the company-plus-department: 'I talked to the customer service department of Microsoft (not of Apple)'.
- (1) is the expected, Andrei.
- (2) is a common formation by my students, and I cannot slight the logic, but 'I talked to the Microsoft customer service department' would be the usual formation.
- My initial interpretation of (2) is that you are identifying the company rather than the department or the company-plus-department: 'I talked to the customer service department of Microsoft (not of Apple)'.
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(1) is the expected, Andrei. (2) is a common formation by my students, and I cannot slight the logic, but 'I talked to the Microsoft customer service department' would be the usual formation.
My initial interpretation of (2) is that you are identifying the company rather than the department or the company-plus-department:
'I talked to the customer service department of Microso
My initial interpretation of (2) is that you are identifying the company rather than the department or the company-plus-department:
'I talked to the customer service department of Microso
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