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Dan01 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Placement of Prepostions

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00The 'preposition' is usually placed before the object02br
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00I have a discussion with my mate about this but we are not sure in this case.02br
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00which is correct?02br
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00a) food and drinks purchased other than 01i01b00from02b02i00 our stalls are not allowed to be consumed here.02br
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00b) food and drinks purchased 01b01i00from02i02b00 other than our stalls are not allowed to be consumed here.02br
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00Thank you.0-
  

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0Interesting, Dan. The correct form must be B, but I am sure I hear it both ways in spoken English. 01i 00Other02i 00 must be a pronoun referring to an alternative place, so it should be the object of the preposition.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0Interesting, Dan.
  • The correct form must be B, but I am sure I hear it both ways in spoken English.
  • 01i 00Other02i 00 must be a pronoun referring to an alternative place, so it should be the object of the preposition.
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0Interesting, Dan. The correct form must be B, but I am sure I hear it both ways in spoken English. 01i00Other02i00 must be a pronoun referring to an alternative place, so it should be the object of the preposition. In A, if 01i00other02i00 were changed to 01i00otherwise02i00, it would stand, as we would then have an adverb
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0 i go with 01b00 00Mister Micawber02b00's reply. But i believe the sentence 01u01b00can be rephrased02b02u00 as follows: 02br
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00 food and drinks purchased from stalls, other than ours ,are not allowed to be consumed here02br
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0 I could accept this rephrasing without the commas.02br
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01i00Food and drinks from other stalls may not be consumed here.02i02br
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0Hi, CJ.02br
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00I think many people will accept the rephrased version without commas but I cannot clearly identify the reason that validates the 00non-use00 of commas in this case. I think the sentence can be re-rephrased as this but that does not seem to give arise to the valid reason for the non-use of commas.02br
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0I'm always in favor of a re-write when it adds clarity and uses fewer words.02br
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00Only food and drinks purchased from our stalls may be consumed on the premises.02br
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00Or02br
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00No outside food or drinks permitted (And if you wanted to, you could add: Food and beverages are available for purchase from our stalls.)0-
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0 The reason that validates the omission of the commas is that "other than ours" is restrictive in nature, not merely parenthetical.02br
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00 (01i00non-use02i00 might be found in certain popular writings, but I wouldn't consider it a really proper word. It gives the impression of being made-up.)02br
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00 CJ0-
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0 i am sorry for the late reply as i have left the country for a while.02br
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00it has been great listening to all the gurus with their answers.02br
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00once again, thank you all.0-
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