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Dido Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

prepositions

hi again!

Are these prepositions correct?

A scene of an Impressionist painting. (or should I write from an Impressionist p)

The author is left inbetween the poetic house of the lyric and the narrative....(is 'inbetween' correct?)

Thanks
  

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Hi Dido, I'm not sure of your entire context, but a scene FROM an Impressionist painting sounds right in most cases that I can think of. " Is that a common phrase, or could that possibly be a mistranslation?

— BarbaraPA

  • Hi Dido, I'm not sure of your entire context, but a scene FROM an Impressionist painting sounds right in most cases that I can think of.
  • " Is that a common phrase, or could that possibly be a mistranslation?
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Hi Dido,

I'm not sure of your entire context, but a scene FROM an Impressionist painting sounds right in most cases that I can think of.

I have to confess that I struggle with between and in-between myself, but in this case, you should use just "between." And never having studied poetry, I'm not familiar with the phrasing "poetic house of the lyric." Is that a common phrase, or
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Thanks Grammar Geek, the 'poetic house or home' is a metaphor. I've checked on the Internet and I've seen correct examples of 'inbetween'
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