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Vsuresh Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Preposition

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This evening we are seeing the exhibition of Viking jewelry.

Can we use about here with the meaning that the exhibition will display not just the jewelry but also a lot of relevant information about them?

  

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vsuresh Hi This evening we are seeing the an exhibition of Viking jewelry. Can we use about here with the meaning that the exhibition will display not just the jewelry but also a lot of relevant information about them? If it's in a context where the speaker and the listener have already been talking about this exhibition, 'the exhibition' is fine, but in the excerpt you provided, 'an exhibition' is the only combination that sounds right.

— CalifJim

  • vsuresh Hi This evening we are seeing the an exhibition of Viking jewelry.
  • Can we use about here with the meaning that the exhibition will display not just the jewelry but also a lot of relevant information about them?
  • If it's in a context where the speaker and the listener have already been talking about this exhibition, 'the exhibition' is fine, but in the excerpt you provided, 'an exhibition' is the only combination that sounds right.
  • As for 'about', it cannot add to the meaning of 'of'.
  • Here's what I mean: If you write 'an exhibition of Viking jewelry', the exhibition contains the jewelry.
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vsuresh

Hi

This evening we are seeing the an exhibition of Viking jewelry.

Can we use about here with the meaning that the exhibition will display not just the jewelry but also a lot of relevant information about them?

If it's in a context where the speaker and the

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