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Volcano1985 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Injuries to/of
Injuries to Wojciech Szczesny, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone have left Manuel Almunia as the only fit keeper.
Why not "Injuries of Wojciech Szczesny, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone..."
Why not "Injuries of Wojciech Szczesny, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone..."
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Let us say you say "injuries to the knee" Or "injuries of the knee" injuries of the knee makes it sound like it could have happened 6 years ago - a 100 years ago. When you say injuries to the knee it makes it sound like it has happened recently, and your narration is in the recent past, so you don't want to make it vaguely sound like it could have happened a long time ago, so you use the better preposition. The preposition you want to choose is to.
- Let us say you say "injuries to the knee" Or "injuries of the knee" injuries of the knee makes it sound like it could have happened 6 years ago - a 100 years ago.
- When you say injuries to the knee it makes it sound like it has happened recently, and your narration is in the recent past, so you don't want to make it vaguely sound like it could have happened a long time ago, so you use the better preposition.
- The preposition you want to choose is to.
- It fits more in this tense.
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Let us say you say "injuries to the knee"
Or "injuries of the knee"
injuries of the knee makes it sound like it could have happened 6 years ago - a 100 years ago. When you say injuries to the knee it makes it sound like it has happened recently, and your
narration is in the recent past, so you don't want to make it vaguely sound like it could have happened a long time
Or "injuries of the knee"
injuries of the knee makes it sound like it could have happened 6 years ago - a 100 years ago. When you say injuries to the knee it makes it sound like it has happened recently, and your
narration is in the recent past, so you don't want to make it vaguely sound like it could have happened a long time
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You can also say
Wojciech Szczesny's, Lukasz Fabianski's and Vito Mannone's injuries have left Manuel Almunia as the only fit keeper.
but that doesn't sound as good.
Wojciech Szczesny's, Lukasz Fabianski's and Vito Mannone's injuries have left Manuel Almunia as the only fit keeper.
but that doesn't sound as good.
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