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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Can you say this?

Do you participate in aside filming it?

Instead of saying:

Do you participate in it aside filming it?
  

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Hi, Do you participate in it aside from filming it? Instead of saying: Do you participate in it aside from filming it? I'd say 'apart from' is more common than 'aside from'.

— Clive

  • Hi, Do you participate in it aside from filming it?
  • Instead of saying: Do you participate in it aside from filming it?
  • I'd say 'apart from' is more common than 'aside from'.
  • But here, I think I'd prefer 'as well as'.
  • I assume that you are asking the person about their regular habits/routines, since you are using Simple Present.
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Hi,

Do you participate in it aside from filming it?

Instead of saying:

Do you participate in it aside from filming it?
I'd say 'apart from' is more common than 'aside from'. But here, I think I'd prefer 'as well as'.
I assume that you are asking the person about their regular habits/routines, since you are using Simple Present.

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I was asking if you can leave out the "it". Can you?
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Hi,

Do you participate in it aside from filming it?
If you want to omit the first 'it', you need parallel verbs, ie Do you participate in aside from filming it?

This particular example still reads awkwardly to me, probably because one of the two verbs involves a preposition.

'Did you cook as well as eat it?' sounds better.

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