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SpongeBarb Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
courtesy of
I received an email from a travel agency which said:
"A personalized travel itinerary has been sent to you courtesy of Your Worldspan Travel Agency and My Trip and More."
Then I checked http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/courtesy?view=uk to find that 'by' can be omitted, which got me wondering why it can.
I thought it should be either:
"A personalized travel itinerary has been sent to you by courtesy of Your Worldspan Travel Agency and My Trip and More," or
A personalized travel itinerary has been sent to you, a courtesy of Your Worldspan Travel Agency and My Trip and More."
If the omission of by is acceptable, could someone give me some other examples?
"A personalized travel itinerary has been sent to you courtesy of Your Worldspan Travel Agency and My Trip and More."
Then I checked http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/courtesy?view=uk to find that 'by' can be omitted, which got me wondering why it can.
I thought it should be either:
"A personalized travel itinerary has been sent to you by courtesy of Your Worldspan Travel Agency and My Trip and More," or
A personalized travel itinerary has been sent to you, a courtesy of Your Worldspan Travel Agency and My Trip and More."
If the omission of by is acceptable, could someone give me some other examples?
Top answer
courtesy of - basically means 'kindly by/given by/permitted by'. It is correct in this context without either 'by' or 'a'. The 'by' is implied and 'a courtesy of' is different to 'courtesy of'.
- courtesy of - basically means 'kindly by/given by/permitted by'.
- It is correct in this context without either 'by' or 'a'.
- The 'by' is implied and 'a courtesy of' is different to 'courtesy of'.
- They are not really pointing out the fact that they are doing you a courtesy (noun), it just means that they have supplied the 'whatever' free of charge.
- " is correct.
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courtesy of - basically means 'kindly by/given by/permitted by'.
It is correct in this context without either 'by' or 'a'. The 'by' is implied and 'a courtesy of' is different to 'courtesy of'. They are not really pointing out the fact that they are doing you a courtesy (noun), it just means that they have supplied the 'whatever' free of charge.
"A personalised travel itinerary h
It is correct in this context without either 'by' or 'a'. The 'by' is implied and 'a courtesy of' is different to 'courtesy of'. They are not really pointing out the fact that they are doing you a courtesy (noun), it just means that they have supplied the 'whatever' free of charge.
"A personalised travel itinerary h
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another translation
courtesy of=by the graciosity/graciousness/kindness of
thus, again, by isn't necessary
courtesy of=by the graciosity/graciousness/kindness of
thus, again, by isn't necessary
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Thanks Nona and Marius. So in the source sentense 'courtesy' is an adjective, it functions as the 'available' of the following:
'The new movie Hoot is now playing on Disney Channel site available for download"?
'The new movie Hoot is now playing on Disney Channel site available for download"?
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Your latest phrase should be changed IMO to:
'The new movie Hoot is now playing on Disney Channel site and is available for download"
'The new movie Hoot is now playing on Disney Channel site and is available for download"
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Thank you. Then I'll need an example, with an adjective+preposition describing a objective noun like in the source sentence, to boost my confindence in that paticular structure; please help me out.
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Hello SB
It's also common to say "by courtesy of", e.g. (from Google):
1. Windows binary is provided by courtesy of Michael Schumacher.
It happens that with the phrase "X has been sent to you" it's customary to drop the "by", e.g.
2. This has been sent to you courtesy of...
However, it may help to think of it as an ellipsis:
1. This has been s
It's also common to say "by courtesy of", e.g. (from Google):
1. Windows binary is provided by courtesy of Michael Schumacher.
It happens that with the phrase "X has been sent to you" it's customary to drop the "by", e.g.
2. This has been sent to you courtesy of...
However, it may help to think of it as an ellipsis:
1. This has been s
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