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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

One sentence--Prepositions

Are both correct?

Which is preferred?

If the chosen media vehicle was the newspaper, establish how many days the advertisements are scheduled for, and determine what page the advertisement is published in.



If the chosen media vehicle was the newspaper, establish for how many days the advertisements are scheduled, and determine in what page the advertisement is published.





Also, should 'where abouts' be one or two words? Why?





If the chosen media vehicle was the newspaper, establish for how many days the advertisements are scheduled, and determine where abouts in the newspaper you with to publish.
  

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This is better for the presumed register (formal): If the chosen medium is the newspaper, establish for how many days the advertisements are scheduled, and determine on what page(s) they are published. Also, should 'where abouts' be one or two words? -- It is one word, because that's the way it is.

  • This is better for the presumed register (formal): If the chosen medium is the newspaper, establish for how many days the advertisements are scheduled, and determine on what page(s) they are published.
  • Also, should 'where abouts' be one or two words?
  • -- It is one word, because that's the way it is.
  • You can choose whereabouts or wherabout for the adverb If the chosen medium is the newspaper, establish for how many days the advertisements are scheduled, and determine whereabout(s) in the newspaper you wish them to appear.
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This is better for the presumed register (formal):

If the chosen medium is the newspaper, establish for how many days the advertisements are scheduled, and determine on what page(s) they are published.

Also, should 'where abouts' be one or two words? Why?-- It is one word, because that's the way it is. You can choose whereabouts
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Hi,

Are both correct? Yes

Which is preferred? The latter is considered more formal

If the chosen media vehicle was the newspaper, establish how many days the advertisements are scheduled for, and determine what page the advertisement is published in.

If the chosen media vehicle was the newspaper, establish for how
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Thanks to you both.

Is it typical to place prepositions at the beginning of relative clauses (before the relative pronoun instead of at the end of the sentence) as well as before noun clauses like in the topic sentence?
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Yes. As Clive says, it is more formal.

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