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Bubu prasant Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Preposition

Hallo,

I found this instruction in the note book of a student.

[Use "not" of the following]
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I wonder if "of " is correct in this sentence. and the word "following" should be in plural form

Please Comment.
  

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[Use "not" of the following] The whole thing makes no sense, Bubu. Could you check your quote carefully and give us more context?

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[Use "not" of the following]

The whole thing makes no sense, Bubu. Could you check your quote carefully and give us more context?
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Use 'not' of the following:

I have read that book
I asked him
we went there


I found the above mentioned things in the note book of a student. Some teacher had instructed his students to turn the above sentences in to negatives

But I have a doubt with the instruction"use not of the following". Is 'of' the right preposition?
And is the world 'follow
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Aha, I understand now, thanks.

'Of' is the wrong preposition. It should be "use 'not' in the following". 'Following' is OK-- it is uncountable (or an adjective used as a noun, if you like-- 'the following sentence' and 'the following three sentences' are both OK).

(The answers would be:

'I have not read the book.'
'I did not ask him.'
'We did not go
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