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Hotmale Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

It's not worth quarelling (about)

Is it correct to drop "about" or I must keep it?

"It is not worth quarelling about.

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It is difficult to be sure without the context, but you can probably omit 'about'.

— Mister Micawber

  • It is difficult to be sure without the context, but you can probably omit 'about'.
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It is difficult to be sure without the context, but you can probably omit 'about'.
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Don't drop it. The object of the preposition "about" is the pro-form "it". But instead of "it" occupying its default position after the preposition, it occurs at the beginning of the clause. This kind of construction, where a pro-form refers to something previously mentioned in the conversation, is quite common. In your example, "it" refers to the cause of the potential argument.

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