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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

prepositions

This is a stupid question and i know i am missing a very basic thing that i should not miss. So help me out. Is it the appropriate to use prepositions in following sentences?
1. ''my place is near TO xyz city"
2. "I am free on Sunday, I be at office FOR rest of the week
  

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1. ''my place is near xyz city " OK (You don't need it. ) 2.

— Vsuresh

  • 1.
  • ''my place is near xyz city " OK (You don't need it.
  • ) 2.
  • "I am free on Sunday, I be at office for the rest of the week .
  • For is necessary here, though it is avoided in speech.
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1. ''my place is near xyz city" OK (You don't need it. near to is not usually used before the name of the place.)

2. "I am free on Sunday, I be at office for the rest of the week . For is necessary here, though it is avoided in speech.
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AnonymousThis is a stupid question
Please understand that we do not consider any question stupid, especially if it deals with those darned prepositions!
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"I am free on Sunday, I be at office for the rest of the week ."

"I am free on Sunday, I will be at office for the rest of the week." (no space between week and full stop)
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vsuresh"I am free on Sunday, I will be at office for the rest of the week
This is a run-on sentence. You need a period after Sunday. You could also keep the comma and begin the next clause with 'but I will be at....'
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Good catch, Philip! I didn't notice it was a comma.
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Thank you, Philip.

Suresh
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My place is near New York City. No preposition there. My place is close to the train station.
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