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Chenyincheng Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Prepositions

Hi everyone,

Which prepositions would you use in the following sentence?

Please could you talk me through the steps ( ) for this job?
a. of applying
b. to apply
c. to applying
d. in applying
e. for applying
f. others

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

It depends more on the context, but among those I'd choose 'a' and 'b'.

— Khoshtip

  • It depends more on the context, but among those I'd choose 'a' and 'b'.
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11 Answers
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It depends more on the context, but among those I'd choose 'a' and 'b'.
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khoshtip It depends more on the context, but among those I'd choose 'a' and 'b'.
Thanks for answering. Could you please suggest some contexts in which you may have a different choice of preposition for the given sentence?
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chenyinchengPlease Could you talk to me through about the steps ( ) for this job please?
a: needed to apply
b: of applying
'e' too can be acceptable to me.
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chenyincheng you may have a different choice
I think "on applying" works as well.
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khoshtip chenyinchengPlease Could you talk to me through about the steps ( ) for this job please?a: needed to apply b: of applying 'e' too can be acceptable to me.
With respect, I disagree with the corrections you made to my example sentence.

1. It is perfectly fine to put 'please' in the beginning of a question when making a request.
2. I also th
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Personally, I'd say:

Please could you talk me through the steps involved in applying for this job?
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chenyinchengWith respect, I disagree with the corrections you made to my example sentence.1. It is perfectly fine to put 'please' in the beginning of a question when making a request.2. I also think the phrasal verb 'to talk somebody through something" is acceptable here.
You are correct.
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chenyincheng1. It is perfectly fine to put 'please' in the beginning of a question when making a request.
I took the word "please" to the end of the sentence because I haven't heard the construct "please could" so far.
And in this sentence, I'd use "at the beginning" instead of "in the beginning".
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Thanks for answering, fivejedjon. What's your take on my original question?
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I am not sure, which is why I did not respond to the initial question.

None of them sounds natural to me. Other native speakers might have different ideas.

I'd be more likely to say "Please talk me through the stages in applying for a job". Actually, with 'talk me through', I probably wouldn't even use 'the stages in'. I might say "Please talk me through what I have do to
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