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AppleFanboy Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Inspire in others?
He or she skillfully and effectively inspires in others the kinds of responses that pave the way to personal success.
Why is the 'in' followed after 'inspires'? Is 'inspire in' a collocational expression? Or 'in others' is inserted as an adverbial?
According to the dictionary, the idiom goes like this..
Inspire something in someone.
So should it be like this?
He or she skillfully and effectively inspires (the kinds of responses that pave the way to personal success) in others.
Can we just simply put it this way?
inspire in someone something
Why is the 'in' followed after 'inspires'? Is 'inspire in' a collocational expression? Or 'in others' is inserted as an adverbial?
According to the dictionary, the idiom goes like this..
Inspire something in someone.
So should it be like this?
He or she skillfully and effectively inspires (the kinds of responses that pave the way to personal success) in others.
Can we just simply put it this way?
inspire in someone something
Top answer
Compare these uses: He inspired me to work harder. He inspires hard work in others.
- Compare these uses: He inspired me to work harder.
- He inspires hard work in others.
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Compare these uses:
He inspired me to work harder. He inspires hard work in others.
He inspired me to work harder. He inspires hard work in others.
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PhilipCompare these uses:He inspired me to work harder. He inspires hard work in others.I can change the position of the first sentence right?
To work harder, he inspired me.
How about the second one?
In others, He inspires hard work.
He inspires in others hard work.
Can I use like this?
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PhilipCompare these uses:He inspired me to work harder. He inspires hard work in others.But as you can see, the sentence is a bit different..
Why is the structure of the sentence "He inspires in others hard work"?
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AppleFanboyWhy is the structure of the sentence "He inspires in others hard work"?To my ear, this is not the natural word order.
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AppleFanboySo should it be like this?He or she skillfully and effectively inspires (the kinds of responses that pave the way to personal success) in others.That is the canonical form. Yes. However, the part you have in parentheses is 'a heavy phrase'—a phrase with a great many words. That puts 'in others' very distant from the verb 'inspires', which it go
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