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Haddie Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

By way of?

They nodded by way of asking if it was okay to go on.
Is this a correct use of 'by way of'? If not, could you rephrase it for me.
  

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Haddie Is this a correct use of 'by way of'? Yes, that seems OK.

— Mister Micawber

  • Haddie Is this a correct use of 'by way of'?
  • Yes, that seems OK.
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HaddieIs this a correct use of 'by way of'?
Yes, that seems OK.
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From my little bit of research, I've found 'by way of' is usually followed by a noun, not a verb, the example sentence in my dictionary is 'she rolled her eyes by way of an answer' which would make my sentence incorrect.
But I might be wrong.
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'By way of' can be followed by the -ing form of a verb or by a noun.
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Thank you MM and 5jj.
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