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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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does this make sense ( year 6 ) preostition

as quickly as you can
could you please tell me if my sentence makes sense

The man is an authority AGAINST flowers.

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It would only make sense if a very specific context has already been established. If, for instance, someone is considering contrasting claims about whether or not flowers should be planted/used/purchased/gathered for some reason, then an expert who wants to argue against the use of flowers might be called "an authority (who is) against flowers." As a free-standing sentence, though, it doesn't ma
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Let me try now.

Tom likes to take photographs of people against a natural background.
Yesterday he photographed me against a background of trees.
Then he photographed an authority against flowers. The flowers made a nice background. The a

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