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Yoong Liat Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

(by) car

0 00Do you come to school by bus or (by) car?01b02br
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02b00Is 'by' obligatory? 02br
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0 Hi Yoong Liat,02br 02br 00I think01i 00 by02i 00 is need here. 02br 02br 00Best wishes,02br 02br 00Peaceblinkfriend0-

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  • 0 Hi Yoong Liat,02br 02br 00I think01i 00 by02i 00 is need here.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes,02br 02br 00Peaceblinkfriend0-
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0 Hi Yoong Liat,02br
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00I think01i00 by02i00 is need here. It sounds more natural to say 'Do you come/go to school by bus or by car?' .02br
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00Best wishes,02br
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0 Hi Yoong,02br
00I don't know if it is "obbligatory" or not... However, I think it definitely sounds better if you leave that "by" there.02br
00I have a feeling that it is always better not to leave out prepositions or articles in sentences like that. Maybe you could get a shorter sentence, but often you could get an odd one.02br
00I also tried to think of yo
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00Is 'by' obligatory? 12blockquote
10No. Absolutely not.02br
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01i00Do you come to school by bus or car?02i00 [completely normal and fine]02br
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00 A preposition can take a compound object as long as the general meaning stays the same. That is, you cannot compound the pr
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0 Thanks, Kooyeen and CJ, for your replies.0-
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