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Twix Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
'for the sole purpose of''?
What do you call those prepositional collocations that usually goes together in terms of grammar like ''in the wake of'' '' ''in the name of '' '' for the sake of'' 'for the sole purpose of''?
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Hello, Twix—and welcome to English Forums. Some of them are called phrasal prepositions: according to apart from because of by means of contrary to given that in addition to in front of in reference to in regard to instead of in spite of on account of on top of out of prior to pursuant to rather than with regard to with the exception of But I think longer ones may simply be collocated phrases including terminal preposition. There is no clear line, I think.
- Hello, Twix—and welcome to English Forums.
- Some of them are called phrasal prepositions: according to apart from because of by means of contrary to given that in addition to in front of in reference to in regard to instead of in spite of on account of on top of out of prior to pursuant to rather than with regard to with the exception of But I think longer ones may simply be collocated phrases including terminal preposition.
- There is no clear line, I think.
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Hello, Twix—and welcome to English Forums.
Some of them are called phrasal prepositions:
according to
apart from
because of
by means of
contrary to
given that
in addition to
in front of
in reference to
in regard to
instead of
in spite of
on accoun
Some of them are called phrasal prepositions:
according to
apart from
because of
by means of
contrary to
given that
in addition to
in front of
in reference to
in regard to
instead of
in spite of
on accoun
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thank you, it's so frustrating not being able to find the right grammatical terms, i can't find them anywhere, i just want to find a site that has dozens groups of these, they seem very important in formal written language.
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Please use capital letters for to begin a sentence and for the personal pronoun I.
Twix, it's so frustrating not being able to find the right grammatical termsDoes it really matter? Most native speakers would have little idea. Unless you are studying grammar as an end in itself, these terms are mere labels. Many of the common ones ar
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Twixi just need the grammatical name so i can find themPlease use capital letters for to begin a sentence and for the personal pronoun I.
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Twixnevermind found itI do hope that when you come back you will be more interested in improving your English.
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i really do hope my use of the word nevermind did not offend anyone as i don't have the clear sence of the words in non-native language but sorry was that an sarcasm? i know my english is insufficient
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Twixi really do hope my use of the word nevermind did not offend anyone as i don't have the clear sence of the words in non-native language but sorry was that an sarcasm? i know my english is insufficientIt is not that: it is that you have paid no attention whatsoever to the advice already given you about capitalization and proper spelling. If you do not sho
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