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Gary lee Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Choosing the correct sentence and WHY

Hi Tutor,

How should I apply these 2 questions in a right grammatical order.

Question 1

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1)your face muscle moved because of nervous

2)your face muscle moved because of nervousness

I know that the 2nd sentence sounds better, but can you describe why and even for the 1st one.

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Question 2

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1) I'm planning of going to singapore to work

2) I'm planning to go to singapore to work

which is the correct sentence and can you please explain why.thxs

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Thank You,
Gary
  

Top answer

Question 1. A preposition (such as "of") must be completed by a noun. "nervous" is an adjective, and no noun follows it, so the first example is wrong.

— CalifJim

  • Question 1.
  • A preposition (such as "of") must be completed by a noun.
  • "nervous" is an adjective, and no noun follows it, so the first example is wrong.
  • "nervousness" is a noun, so "of nervousness" is correct.
  • Question 2.
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Question 1. A preposition (such as "of") must be completed by a noun. "nervous" is an adjective, and no noun follows it, so the first example is wrong. "nervousness" is a noun, so "of nervousness" is correct.

Question 2. The verb "plan" cannot be followed by "of" and a verb. It can be followed by "to" and a verb. There is no big explanation for this. It's just a fact about "plan"
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Califjim thanks for your nice explaination. Thank you so much. I'm so happy with such a helpful forum. Emotion: smile)
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