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Wayi Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Over To Other Side

If a person is standing on one side of a grass field. There is a path that runs from one side of the grass field to the other. Then the person walked on that path to get to the other side of the grass field.

1a "She walked on the path over to the other side."
1b "She walked on the path over."

2a "She followed the path over to the other side."
2b "She followed the path over."

Are sentences 1b & 2b acceptable, where "over" is used alone as an adverb not followed by "to the other side"?
  

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If a person is standing on one side of a grass field. There is a path that runs from one side of the grass field to the other. Then the person walked on that path to get to the other side of the grass field.

— Clive

  • If a person is standing on one side of a grass field.
  • There is a path that runs from one side of the grass field to the other.
  • Then the person walked on that path to get to the other side of the grass field.
  • " Sounds OK Are sentences 1b & 2b acceptable, where " over " is used alone as an adverb not followed by " to the other side "?
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If a person is standing on one side of a grass field. There is a path that runs from one side of the grass field to the other. Then the person walked on that path to get to the other side of the grass field.

1a "She walked on the path over to the other side."
1b "She walked on the path over." Sounds odd

2a
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If I modify the 2a & 2b pair slightly like this:

3a "She followed along the path over to the other side."
3b "She followed along the path over."

Would sentence 3b be acceptable?
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If I modify the 2a & 2b pair slightly like this:

3a "She followed along the path over to the other side."
3b "She followed along the path over."

Would sentence 3b be acceptable?
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If I modify the 2a & 2b pair slightly like this:

3a "She followed along the path over to the other side."
3b "She followed along the path over."

Would sentence 3b be acceptable? Maybe marginally.
It would need a lot of context and is very casual,
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Making another change to the 1a&b pair by deleting the preposition "on", leading to:

4a "She walked the path over to the other side."
4b "She walked the path over."

Would sentence 4b be as okay as 2b?
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No. Follow a path is more common and more natural than walk a path
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So, of all the b-sentences (1b, 2b, 3,b, 4b) where the adverb "over" ends the sentence, only 2b, "She followed the path over", is acceptable?

Then naturally, these would be acceptable too?

"She followed the road over."
"She followed the trail over."
"Sh
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Yes, but you need a context (like the one you supplied originally, about the field) which makes clear what you mean when you say 'over'.

I don't mind answering a few more questions, if you want me to, but I don't wish to continue this thread indefinitely. I'm sure you understand.

Clive
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