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Cup cake Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Preposition 'in'

In the following sentence, do we really need to say 'in'?
The sentence makes sense without it.

'Tony looking a bit uncomfortable in between the US ambassador and his husband.'

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Cup cake In the following sentence, do we really need to say 'in'? No. However, what you have written is not a complete sentence.

— GPY

  • Cup cake In the following sentence, do we really need to say 'in'?
  • No.
  • However, what you have written is not a complete sentence.
  • Perhaps you meant "is/was looking".
  • Also, something has gone wrong at the end with "his husband".
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Cup cakeIn the following sentence, do we really need to say 'in'?
No.

However, what you have written is not a complete sentence. Perhaps you meant "is/was looking". Also, something has gone wrong at the end with "his husband".
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Thanks GPY. This was a clip from a newspaper. I saw the sentence and knew it wasn't correct.

The husband is correct. It's a gay couple.
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Cup cakeThis was a clip from a newspaper.
Is it a caption?
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Yes it was. It was actually our Prime Minister who was standing between a newly married gay couple. This is a huge debate in Australia right now. Even though it was a caption, I thought it was too long. That's another good question.

How long should a caption be?
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Cup cakeYes it was. It was actually our Prime Minister who was standing between a newly married gay couple. This is a huge debate in Australia right now. Even though it was a caption, I thought it was too long. That's another good question.How long should a caption be?
As a caption it is fine (ignoring the "in" issue already discussed). Captions do not have to
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