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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Lied to... to their faces

Or will they get sick of being blatantly lied to by the president to their faces?

(The Guardian.)

Is the preposition "to" redundant in the verb phrase "lied to" when the preposition "to" is used in the prepositional phrase to their faces in the question above?

  

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No, both "to"s are necessary. They are being lied to to their faces.

— GPY

  • No, both "to"s are necessary.
  • They are being lied to to their faces.
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No, both "to"s are necessary. They are being lied to to their faces.

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tkacka15Or will they get sick of being blatantly lied to

Here is the active formulation:

Will they get sick of the president blatantly lying to them?

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