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Brandy Balls Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Double Wording
I wrote an advert looking for teachers: "We are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic freelance teachers based in Cape Town and Johannesburg to join us in educating the nation."
My boss insisted on removing the second 'in', saying you should never have a word repeated in a sentence. So it now reads: "We are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic freelance teachers based in Cape Town and Johannesburg to join us educating the nation."
To me that second phrasing sounds wrong. Is my internal reading ear in need of fine tuning, or are there any give-and-take rules in this regard?
My boss insisted on removing the second 'in', saying you should never have a word repeated in a sentence. So it now reads: "We are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic freelance teachers based in Cape Town and Johannesburg to join us educating the nation."
To me that second phrasing sounds wrong. Is my internal reading ear in need of fine tuning, or are there any give-and-take rules in this regard?
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Well, you don't really need the 2nd 'in' but it has nothing to do with the first 'in': 'join us (in) educating' are both OK, though 'in' is better there. Of course you can repeat words in sentences, and prepositions more so than others. How would you write this otherwise?
- Well, you don't really need the 2nd 'in' but it has nothing to do with the first 'in': 'join us (in) educating' are both OK, though 'in' is better there.
- Of course you can repeat words in sentences, and prepositions more so than others.
- How would you write this otherwise?
- — The man in the red hat sat in his car in the front seat with a drink in his hand.
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Well, you don't really need the 2nd 'in' but it has nothing to do with the first 'in': 'join us (in) educating' are both OK, though 'in' is better there.
Of course you can repeat words in sentences, and prepositions more so than others. How would you write this otherwise? — The man in the red hat sat in his car in the front seat with a drink in his hand.
Of course you can repeat words in sentences, and prepositions more so than others. How would you write this otherwise? — The man in the red hat sat in his car in the front seat with a drink in his hand.
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