Matching prepositions
I am unsure about this sentence: 'Looking back, I remember feeling sadder at seeing her personal effects in our lounge than in actually attending her funeral.'
My question is would the sentence better if the prepositions in each half of the sentences matched. The options could be:
1) Looking back, I remember feeling sadder IN seeing her personal effects in our lounge than IN actually attending her funeral.
2) Looking back, I remember feeling sadder AT seeing her personal effects in our lounge than AT actually attending her funeral.
Or perhaps someone has a better option. Are there any grammatical rules to help clarify this?
Top answer
Pedantric would the sentence be better if the prepositions in each half of the sentences matched ? Yes. And use 'at'.
- Pedantric would the sentence be better if the prepositions in each half of the sentences matched ?
- Yes.
- And use 'at'.
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Pedantricwould the sentence be better if the prepositions in each half of the sentences matched?
Yes. And use 'at'.
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