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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Preposition choice for collisions
In the case of a bike crashing into another bike, would we say "bike on bike" or "bike to bike"? A "bike-on-bike collision" seems to make more sense to me, but I was 'corrected' and now I'm curious. Let's say the compound modifier follows the noun (this way we can drop the hyphens), would we say "the collision was bike on bike" or "the collision was bike to bike"? What kind of reference book should I be using?
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Of these two phrases, I usually hear 'bike on bike', But neither is wrong. I more commonly hear it said another way, eg two bikes collided. I don't think you usually get this kind of thing from a reference book.
- Of these two phrases, I usually hear 'bike on bike', But neither is wrong.
- I more commonly hear it said another way, eg two bikes collided.
- I don't think you usually get this kind of thing from a reference book.
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Of these two phrases, I usually hear 'bike on bike', But neither is wrong.
I more commonly hear it said another way,
eg two bikes collided.
I don't think you usually get this kind of thing from a reference book.
I more commonly hear it said another way,
eg two bikes collided.
I don't think you usually get this kind of thing from a reference book.
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