I wonder if this sentence is correct.

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You can hear it at the beginning of the word 'very', in the middle of the word 'heavy' at the end of the word 'move' and at the beginning and end of the word 'verve'.

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Is the above sentence correct grammatically?
I wonder if the part, 'and at the beginning and end of ' is correct.
Thanks for reading.

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

Hi Darcy,

It's fine, except you need a comma after "heavy," and this is one of the cases in which the serial or Oxford comma wold lend clarity if you put it after "move."

"At the beginning and end of the word" is just fine.

Darcy · Answer

Thanks. Grammar Geek.

That's my transcript after hearing British Englsh.
I wondered if it's 'and the beginning' or and 'at the beginning'..
I understand that it needs a preposition 'at' but I can't hear the sound 'at'..
coz it may be a prolonged sound...

Yoong Liat · Answer

DarcyI wondered if it's 'and the beginning' or and 'at the beginning'..

Use 'at'.

BarbaraPA · Answer

Darcy
You can hear it at the beginning of the word 'very', in the middle of the word 'heavy' at the end of the word 'move' and at the beginning and end of the word 'verve'.

In your original, you have "and at the [(beginning) and (end)] of the word 'verve'" -- the "at the" applies to both "beginning" and "end."

If you were writing simply "It appears at the end of of" (as you do with "at the end of the word 'move'") then you would indeed use "at" immediately before "the end." However, in your example, you don't need to repeat "at" for the "verve" section.

I wonder if this sentence is correct.

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