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Mikael Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Drop out (of)

They began to drop out of the race one by one

Why the preposition of was used?

Could I say just "They began to drop out the race one by one" ?
  

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It's often impossible to come up with a logical reason for the choice of prepositions. I wish I could find a thread I came across last week. I remember that "out the window" was one of the few cases where of was not used.

— Avangi

  • It's often impossible to come up with a logical reason for the choice of prepositions.
  • I wish I could find a thread I came across last week.
  • I remember that "out the window" was one of the few cases where of was not used.
  • Throw it out the window.
  • She fell / looked out the window.
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It's often impossible to come up with a logical reason for the choice of prepositions. I wish I could find a thread I came across last week. I remember that "out the window" was one of the few cases where of was not used.

Throw it out the window. She fell / looked out the window.

Drop out of the race is intransitive. I'm thinking of a tran
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hey began to drop out of the race one by one

Why was the preposition of was used?

Could I say just "They began to drop out the race one by one" ?
No, you can't omit the word of.

out of is a common combination. It indicates the so
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CalifJim
hey began to drop out of the race one by one

Why was the preposition of was used?

Could I say just "They began to drop out the race one by one" ?
No, you can't omit the word of.

out of is a common c
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