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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Help on prepositions
Hi. Please help me with these.
1. Let us say the following is a clue for the word "calculator." Does it seem correct?
I'm a piece of equipment (a machine?) on which has many buttons.
2. Is it correct to have the second "on" at the underlined part? If it is, I feel it is awkward to have two prepositions which are the same in a sentence. What is your comment?
He is lying on a large checked cotton towel on/at the beach.
1. Let us say the following is a clue for the word "calculator." Does it seem correct?
I'm a piece of equipment (a machine?) on which has many buttons.
2. Is it correct to have the second "on" at the underlined part? If it is, I feel it is awkward to have two prepositions which are the same in a sentence. What is your comment?
He is lying on a large checked cotton towel on/at the beach.
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1. I'm a piece o f equipment which has many buttons. 2.
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- I'm a piece o f equipment which has many buttons.
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- I feel it is awkward to have two prepositions which are the same in a sentence.
- -- It is not awkward: 'I sat in my favorite armchair in my livingroom in Yokohama in a state of complete exhaustion.
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1. I'm a piece of equipment which has many buttons.
2. I feel it is awkward to have two prepositions which are the same in a sentence. What is your comment?-- It is not awkward: 'I sat in my favorite armchair in my livingroom in Yokohama in a state of complete exhaustion.
He is lying on a large checked cotton towel on/at th
2. I feel it is awkward to have two prepositions which are the same in a sentence. What is your comment?-- It is not awkward: 'I sat in my favorite armchair in my livingroom in Yokohama in a state of complete exhaustion.
He is lying on a large checked cotton towel on/at th
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Perhaps (a) I'm a piece of equipment on which there are many buttons (very formal English) (b) I'm a piece of equipment that has many buttons on it (more conversational) (c)He is lying on the beach on a large, checkered cotton towel. = he is lying on the beach + he is lying on a towel; he is lying on a towel at the beach = he is lying on a towel + he is currently at the beach (in the general area
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