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Lucas21c Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Indulgent + preposion
Could you tell me which preposition sounds awkward in the following sentence?
Thank you.
He is indulgent to/toward/of/with others.
Thank you.
He is indulgent to/toward/of/with others.
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- Hello Lucas.
- t1%3B%2Cindulgent%20with%20others%3B%2Cc0 ) are useful for this sort of thing.
- They suggest: 1.
- that none of your suggestions is at all common these days.
- 2.
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Thank you for your help, Thomas Tompion.
By the way, it seems to me that your answer #1 contradicts #2.
You mean, the original sentence does not sound natural any more, but, among them, 'to' had been most commonly used?
If I understand your answer wrong, please explain it to me again.
By the way, it seems to me that your answer #1 contradicts #2.
You mean, the original sentence does not sound natural any more, but, among them, 'to' had been most commonly used?
If I understand your answer wrong, please explain it to me again.
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everything - other than "toward"(s) - sounds awkward. And it's "Towards" not "Toward"
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EffectorAnd it's "Towards" not "Toward"There is nothing wrong with 'toward', particularly in AmE.
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Very well. It doesn't sound correct to me though, compadre.
I always use towards, but I accept that toward is fine in some varieties of English.
Compadre is not a common way of addressing people in English. My name is fivejedjon.
Some would use a comma before though, but I am among those who don't feel it is n
I always use towards, but I accept that toward is fine in some varieties of English.
Compadre is not a common way of addressing people in English. My name is fivejedjon.
Some would use a comma before though, but I am among those who don't feel it is n
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Bearing in mind their obvious limitations, we should perhaps note that the ngrams suggest quite complicated patterns:
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what are these "varieties" you speak of?
"compadre" is a common way of addressing Henchmen just to make them feel comfortable.. like they are in fact "equal"? which they are not? very much lower perhaps.
and about the "towards" and "though" stories, fine, but I can't pretend you don't bore me.
and what are you writing; an essay? it's funny how you seem to have the compulsion of startin
"compadre" is a common way of addressing Henchmen just to make them feel comfortable.. like they are in fact "equal"? which they are not? very much lower perhaps.
and about the "towards" and "though" stories, fine, but I can't pretend you don't bore me.
and what are you writing; an essay? it's funny how you seem to have the compulsion of startin
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I was puzzled by the same mystery a decade ago.. I held that "towards" was the "more" acceptable preposition than "toward" because the British articles I could find with the same example(s) were only scarce.. None actually, only unless there was any American influence in them. But persistence suggested that "toward" did not suggest any connotations contrary to "towards". I concluded that the Ameri
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EffectorI concluded that the Americans dropped the "s" out of lethargy.It's just a variant. The fact that it has only six letters instead of seven is nothing to do with lethargy.
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