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Musicgold Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

deletion of prepositions

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00I found the following sentence on the web. I feel that there should be an 'in' after 'problems'. Am I correct? Is avoiding prepositions a standard practice?02br
01font00If you have01b00 problems 01font00[ ]02font00 using an application02b00, please contact your help desk02font02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 00You don't need 'in'. I really do't think of this as avoiding a preposition. It seems a bit more like01u 01i 00 'If you have problems (while) using an application .

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00You don't need 'in'.
  • I really do't think of this as avoiding a preposition.
  • It seems a bit more like01u 01i 00 'If you have problems (while) using an application .
  • '02i 02u 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00You don't need 'in'. I really do't think of this as avoiding a preposition. It seems a bit more like01u01i00 'If you have problems (while) using an application . . '02i02u02br
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00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0Some expressions take no preposition before the 01i00-ing02i00 word. 02br
01i00I'm having [ problems / trouble / difficulty / a hard time] doing this task. 02i00 [no preposition]02br
01i00I've spent [a day / a month / ... / a long time] doing this task.02i00 [no preposition] 02br
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