Emblem Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Of Among
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/san-francisco-could-allow-tiniest-apartments-in-us-as-small-as-220-square-feet/2012/09/24/07b2412e-066f-11e2-9eea-333857f6a7bd_story.html"
"Supervisors are set to vote on Tuesday on a proposed change to the city’s building code that would allow construction of among the tiniest apartments in the country."
Shouldn't it be "construction of what are among the tiniest apartments"?
"Supervisors are set to vote on Tuesday on a proposed change to the city’s building code that would allow construction of among the tiniest apartments in the country."
Shouldn't it be "construction of what are among the tiniest apartments"?
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Your version would work too, but "what are" is not necessary. Would you accept "construction of the tiniest apartments in the country"? -- "construction of some of the tiniest apartments in the country"?
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Your version would work too, but "what are" is not necessary.
Would you accept "construction of the tiniest apartments in the country"?
-- "construction of some of the tiniest apartments in the country"? (You could add "what are" here also.)
-- or "what will/would be"
regards, - A.
Would you accept "construction of the tiniest apartments in the country"?
-- "construction of some of the tiniest apartments in the country"? (You could add "what are" here also.)
-- or "what will/would be"
regards, - A.
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I'll agree it sounds a bit awkward, but there are plenty of examples of consecutive prepositions.
Choose from among these!
Choose from among these!
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Well, I'm embarrassed. There are two million Google hits for "of among," and I've been through several pages and haven't yet found one which parallels the usage you question.
But I haven't given up!
The problem seems to be that "of" and "among" can mean the same thing, so using them together can create a redundancy. He is the best of them = He is the best among them.
But I haven't given up!
The problem seems to be that "of" and "among" can mean the same thing, so using them together can create a redundancy. He is the best of them = He is the best among them.
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