In it about something?
Hello friends.
We normally know that prepositions can just refer to the last noun before theirselves or the main verb(as an adverbial prepositional phrase)
But Someone gave some sentences which I am not sure whether are correct or not.
For example,
"This is a quiz with some questions in it about football."
In this case, Is it possible that "about football" is referring to "some questions in it".
Normally It is not possible. Because there is no relative clause there.
If It was
"This is a quiz with some questions in it which are about football." or
"This is a quiz with some questions in it and about football.", I think they would be okay.
But now, It is so interesting and I am not sure about their truthness.
What do you think?
Top answer
Although I can't tell you the grammar rules about your examples, I can tell you that the sentence you provide makes sense to me. It may or may not be technically ideal (someone more competent in the reasons for grammar being as it is will hopefully add their knowledge to the discussion) but it seems okay, at least in a colloquial sense. " This implies some of the questions are about football, but not all of them.
- Although I can't tell you the grammar rules about your examples, I can tell you that the sentence you provide makes sense to me.
- It may or may not be technically ideal (someone more competent in the reasons for grammar being as it is will hopefully add their knowledge to the discussion) but it seems okay, at least in a colloquial sense.
- " This implies some of the questions are about football, but not all of them.
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- not very many).
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Although I can't tell you the grammar rules about your examples, I can tell you that the sentence you provide makes sense to me. It may or may not be technically ideal (someone more competent in the reasons for grammar being as it is will hopefully add their knowledge to the discussion) but it seems okay, at least in a colloquial sense.
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