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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

consecutive prepositions

If Gryffindor won, they would move up into second place in the house championship.

They follow him out into the farmyard, and on into the old flint barn.

Are the yellows the cases of two prepositions being consecutive?
  

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No: they are adverb + preposition. These are complete sentences: Would you like to move up? They followed him out.

  • No: they are adverb + preposition.
  • These are complete sentences: Would you like to move up?
  • They followed him out.
  • A debate followed on .
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No: they are adverb + preposition. These are complete sentences:

Would you like to move up?
They followed him out.
A debate followed on.

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