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Jooney Posted 14 years ago
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Including
Hi,
ex1) Mr. Thrun was enraptured by the scale of the course, and how it spawned its own culture, including a Facebook group, online discussions and an army of volunteer translators who made it available in 44 languages.
ex2) And this spring, the university will have 13 courses open to the world, including Anatomy, Cryptography, Game Theory and Natural Language Processing.
ex3) Experts say several factors have helped propel MOOCs to the center of the education stage, including improved technology and the exploding costs of traditional universities.
ex4) Its co-founder, Gagen Biyani, said the site has more than 100,000 students enrolled in its courses, including several, outside the Faculty Project, that charge fees.
(all taken from the same article)
I have here four different examples of a preposition phrase with a head including.
I think the first three examples are OK since they entail the following respectively:
...and how it spawned a Facebook group/online discussions...
..., the university will have a course on Anatomy/Game Theory...open to the world.
Experts say improved technology/the exploding costs of traditional universities have helped propel...
But as for example 4, shouldn't there be in after the preposition including?
Its co-founder, Gagen Biyani, said the site has more than 100,000 students enrolled in its courses, including in several, outside the Faculty Project, that charge fees.
Students enrolled in several courses that charge fees.(correct)
Students enrolled several courses that charge fees.(wrong)
Thank you in advance for your help.
ex1) Mr. Thrun was enraptured by the scale of the course, and how it spawned its own culture, including a Facebook group, online discussions and an army of volunteer translators who made it available in 44 languages.
ex2) And this spring, the university will have 13 courses open to the world, including Anatomy, Cryptography, Game Theory and Natural Language Processing.
ex3) Experts say several factors have helped propel MOOCs to the center of the education stage, including improved technology and the exploding costs of traditional universities.
ex4) Its co-founder, Gagen Biyani, said the site has more than 100,000 students enrolled in its courses, including several, outside the Faculty Project, that charge fees.
(all taken from the same article)
I have here four different examples of a preposition phrase with a head including.
I think the first three examples are OK since they entail the following respectively:
...and how it spawned a Facebook group/online discussions...
..., the university will have a course on Anatomy/Game Theory...open to the world.
Experts say improved technology/the exploding costs of traditional universities have helped propel...
But as for example 4, shouldn't there be in after the preposition including?
Its co-founder, Gagen Biyani, said the site has more than 100,000 students enrolled in its courses, including in several, outside the Faculty Project, that charge fees.
Students enrolled in several courses that charge fees.(correct)
Students enrolled several courses that charge fees.(wrong)
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
jooney But as for example 4, shouldn't there be in after the preposition including ? No, because the 'scope' or 'antecedent' of including is just courses . Similarly, We talked about a lot of topics , including biology and psychology.
- jooney But as for example 4, shouldn't there be in after the preposition including ?
- No, because the 'scope' or 'antecedent' of including is just courses .
- Similarly, We talked about a lot of topics , including biology and psychology.
- (Not including about biology ) David looked for his lost wallet in several places, including the kitchen and the laundry room.
- ) CJ
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jooneyBut as for example 4, shouldn't there be in after the preposition including?No, because the 'scope' or 'antecedent' of including is just courses.
Similarly,
We talked about a lot of topics, including biology and psychology. (Not including about biology)
David looked
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