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Grammar

Preposition

In the following sentence, can I use ' to, about, concenring, as to ' instead of ' of'? If not, why?

The pessimistic view about global warming is that we face a difficult future where we struggle to reduce our energy consumption. There is an alternative view: a view of ( to/ about/concerning/ as to??) future where we use less energy, where we generate it cleanly and where we use it more sensibly.
  

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Only the one preposition seems to collocate for me: The pessimistic view about global warming is that we face a difficult future where we struggle to reduce our energy consumption. There is an alternative view: a view of a future where we use less energy, where we generate it cleanly and where we use it more sensibly.

  • Only the one preposition seems to collocate for me: The pessimistic view about global warming is that we face a difficult future where we struggle to reduce our energy consumption.
  • There is an alternative view: a view of a future where we use less energy, where we generate it cleanly and where we use it more sensibly.
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Only the one preposition seems to collocate for me:

The pessimistic view about global warming is that we face a difficult future where we struggle to reduce our energy consumption. There is an alternative view: a view of a future where we use less energy, where we generate it cleanly and where we use it more sensibly.

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