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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Can any transitive verb be accompanied with a preposition
Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun
(Oxford Dictionary)
Can one recant on an absence of belief?
(The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life)
The first “recant” is a transitive verb. And Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Michaelrundell says the second “recant on” is a transitive particle verb. Can any transitive verb be accompanied with a preposition to add the preposition’s meaning?
(Oxford Dictionary)
Can one recant on an absence of belief?
(The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life)
The first “recant” is a transitive verb. And Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Michaelrundell says the second “recant on” is a transitive particle verb. Can any transitive verb be accompanied with a preposition to add the preposition’s meaning?
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eipjoo Can any transitive verb be accompanied with a preposition to add the preposition’s meaning? An unlikely proposition. At least, the choice of prepositions will be severely limited for each verb.
- eipjoo Can any transitive verb be accompanied with a preposition to add the preposition’s meaning?
- An unlikely proposition.
- At least, the choice of prepositions will be severely limited for each verb.
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eipjooCan any transitive verb be accompanied with a preposition to add the preposition’s meaning?An unlikely proposition. At least, the choice of prepositions will be severely limited for each verb.
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Also, that particular example ("recant on") strikes my ear as odd, at best. I'm not convinced it's correct.
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CSnyderAlso, that particular example ("recant on") strikes my ear as odd, at best. I'm not convinced it's correct.Likewise. I would have said "Can one recant his lack of belief?"
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