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Mashiara Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Not sure what rule this falls under
I wrote:
You know that old saying about the way to a man's heart being his stomach?
My "editor" changed it to:
You know that old saying about the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach?
Which is correct? What rule does this fall under?
Thanks.
You know that old saying about the way to a man's heart being his stomach?
My "editor" changed it to:
You know that old saying about the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach?
Which is correct? What rule does this fall under?
Thanks.
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Neither is 100% correct, I'm afraid. I would write: You know that old saying about the way to a man's heart being through his stomach? or You know that old saying "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach"?
- Neither is 100% correct, I'm afraid.
- I would write: You know that old saying about the way to a man's heart being through his stomach?
- or You know that old saying "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach"?
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Neither is 100% correct, I'm afraid.
I would write:
You know that old saying about the way to a man's heart being through his stomach?
or
You know that old saying "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach"?
I would write:
You know that old saying about the way to a man's heart being through his stomach?
or
You know that old saying "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach"?
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Thank you, that helps a lot. I had a feeling it wasn't completely correct, but I was sure my editor's correction was worse.
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The expression is The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, so your “editor” was right to add through. But you had the right verb form (being) because the prep about takes a gerund-participial clause complement, not a content clause.
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