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TeacherJapan Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Omission?

I don’t care (about) what other people say.

I was surprised (at) how well he spoke English.

Is it more common to omit propositions than to keep them in the examples above?

  

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teacherJapan Is it more common to omit propositions than to keep them in the examples above? Nothing is omitted. Some verbs have that capacity.

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  • teacherJapan Is it more common to omit propositions than to keep them in the examples above?
  • Nothing is omitted.
  • Some verbs have that capacity.
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teacherJapanIs it more common to omit propositions than to keep them in the examples above?

Nothing is omitted. Some verbs have that capacity.

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teacherJapan

I don’t care (about) what other people say.

I was surprised (at) how well he spoke English.

Is it more common to omit propositions than to keep them in the examples above?

I usually omit them, especially after "I don't care".

CJ

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