Preposition vs Conjunction
Hi teachers,
Are both options natural?
a) There's a table with (that has) four chairs, and there is a fruit bowl with (containing) a few apples.
b) There's a table and four chairs, and there is a fruit bowl with (containing) a few apples.
I'm a bit doubtful about the idea of the table "with" four chairs, but I'm deliberately exploring various meanings or explanations of "with". Is it a safer option to change "a table with four chairs" to "a table and four chairs" or both of them are correct?
Thanks.
Top answer
BCNN There's a table with (that has) four chairs that has four chairs is not realistically possible. A table can't actually have anything. Nevertheless, in many cases (but not all) with and the verb have can express the same idea.
- BCNN There's a table with (that has) four chairs that has four chairs is not realistically possible.
- A table can't actually have anything.
- Nevertheless, in many cases (but not all) with and the verb have can express the same idea.
- , match the table in style, color, material, etc.
- This is so often the case that with four chairs seems an unremarkable way to say it.
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BCNNThere's a table with (that has) four chairs
that has four chairs is not realistically possible. A table can't actually have anything. Nevertheless, in many cases (but not all) with and the verb have can express the same idea.
with four chairs is OK if you want to suggest that the chairs "go with" the table, i.e., matc
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