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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

away

Hi,

Do we say: he snatched the girl away from the village. (will this order do, I mean snatching something 'away' from something else? Is 'away' in the right place or must it be snatched away?)

Thanks.
  

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****** away from is the correct word order. This happens to be an example of an unnecessary preposition (away), but it is so common that it is almost idiomatic.

— Philip

  • ****** away from is the correct word order.
  • This happens to be an example of an unnecessary preposition (away), but it is so common that it is almost idiomatic.
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****** away from is the correct word order.

This happens to be an example of an unnecessary preposition (away), but it is so common that it is almost idiomatic.
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Thank you for clearing that up. Can we simply say 'snatched the girl from the village' without 'away' anywhere in the sentence?
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AnonymousThank you for clearing that up. Can we simply say 'snatched the girl from the village' without 'away' anywhere in the sentence?
Yes.
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