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TeacherJapan Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Omission of 'in'

In the following two example, I've heard people omit 'in' a lot.
But I believe that this can't happen in the example (1). Is my understanding correct?
Is the omission of 'in' is acceptable only when the noun put before 'infinitive' is the word "place"?
(A) A is the best country to live in.
(B) A is the best place to live (in).
  

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teacherJapan In the following two examples , I've heard people omit 'in' a lot. I don't think I have, actually; perhaps the word was quite unstressed. In any case, omitting 'in' sounds odd to me.

— Mister Micawber

  • teacherJapan In the following two examples , I've heard people omit 'in' a lot.
  • I don't think I have, actually; perhaps the word was quite unstressed.
  • In any case, omitting 'in' sounds odd to me.
  • teacherJapan Is the omission of 'in' is acceptable only when the noun put before 'infinitive' is the word "place"?
  • I'm sure it has nothing to do with 'place'; the terminal placement of the dangling preposition is more likely the cause.
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teacherJapanIn the following two examples, I've heard people omit 'in' a lot.
I don't think I have, actually; perhaps the word was quite unstressed. In any case, omitting 'in' sounds odd to me.
teacherJapanIs the omission of 'in' is acceptable only when the noun put before 'infinitive' is the word "place"?
I'm sure i
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I see. It seems that it's better to keep 'in' in either case.
Thank you very much.
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I do think that it has everything to do with the word place. In informal English, place often occurs without a preposition. Chuck Berry recorded a song called No Particular Place To Go. However, without the infinitive, you wouldn't say, for example: I want to go that place.
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I see. It's very interesting. Thank you for your thought. Emotion: dog
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