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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

except, than - prepositions to leave out

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00is it possible to leave out some prepositions after "except" and "than" in cases like:02br
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01b00There is a special party in almost every month of the year, except (01u00in02u00) August, I think.02br
00There is a gas station at every intersection, except (01u00at02u00) the one near Ecology Town.02br
00We are going to stop at every town, except (01u00at02u00) Death Town.02br
00In my sentences there are fewer mistakes than (01u00in02u00) your sentences.02br
00There's much more traffic here than (01u00in02u00) Ghost Town.02br
00In August it's hotter than (01u00in02u00) April.02b02br
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00Any comments? Thank you in advance 050010id1
  

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0 Kooyeen I tend to add 01i00the one02i00 after 01i00except02i00 then put the preposition01i00.05002i00 010id1
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Hi,12br
10is it possible to leave out some prepositions after "except" and "than" in cases like:12br
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11b10There is a special party in almost every month of the year, except (11del11u10in12u10)12del10 August, I think.12br
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0 I'd gladly throw out the extra prepositions after 01i00except02i00, but not after 01i00than02i00!02br
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00 To me, 01i00except02i00 is to be construed as contrasting the nouns, not the prepositional phrases. 01i00except02i00 occurs 01u00within02u00 the prep
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Yes, because except is a preposition while than is a conjunction.
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