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Lanta Posted 21 years ago
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have a few questions regarding the use of the preposition OF...

#1: I read: "this is a poster of the time" (refering to the early 1940s)
Is it possibly to use FROM instead of OF? -> This is a poster FROM the time?

#2 "During the war he collected ID-tags of the dead" not FROM?


#3 "They will not miss the opportunity of raising another kid" Why not: "to raise"?


...and why is it so?


Thanks!
  

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Lanta have a few questions regarding the use of the preposition OF... #1: I read: "this is a poster of the time" (refering to the early 1940s) Is it possibly to use FROM instead of OF? -> This is a poster FROM the time?

— Philip

  • Lanta have a few questions regarding the use of the preposition OF...
  • #1: I read: "this is a poster of the time" (refering to the early 1940s) Is it possibly to use FROM instead of OF?
  • -> This is a poster FROM the time?
  • k.
  • #2 "During the war he collected ID-tags of the dead" not FROM?
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Lantahave a few questions regarding the use of the preposition OF...

#1: I read: "this is a poster of the time" (refering to the early 1940s)
Is it possibly to use FROM instead of OF? -> This is a poster FROM the time? "Of" or "from" would be o.k.

#2 "During the war he collected ID-tags of the dead" not FROM?
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#3 "They will not miss the opportunity of raising another kid" Why not: "to raise"?

This is a rule. Any verb following a preposition must take the -ing form.
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Latin#3 "They will not miss the opportunity of raising another kid" Why not: "to raise"?

This is a rule. Any verb following a preposition must take the -ing form.
This rule may be true. BUT, one can have the opportunity to raise instead of of raising.

Sorry,
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