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Jae Heun Lim Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Prepositions after verbs like "attach"
Hey all
I wrote a post here anonymously just 5 or so minutes ago, only to realize that I had no way to find it anywhere on the site; hence I'm writing this all over again (pulls out hair)
So I was wondering if prepositions like "to" always had to come after verbs like "attach" no matter what.
Ive had doubts about this general "rule" of mine because I thought of an instance where you had to attach sth under sth else. In that case, the preposition "under" would be used instead of "to."
"He attached the gum under his desk." (Quite an odd situation btw)
If "to" didnt always have to come after "attach," I wonder if this is also true for other verbs which I can't think of right now.
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!
I wrote a post here anonymously just 5 or so minutes ago, only to realize that I had no way to find it anywhere on the site; hence I'm writing this all over again (pulls out hair)
So I was wondering if prepositions like "to" always had to come after verbs like "attach" no matter what.
Ive had doubts about this general "rule" of mine because I thought of an instance where you had to attach sth under sth else. In that case, the preposition "under" would be used instead of "to."
"He attached the gum under his desk." (Quite an odd situation btw)
If "to" didnt always have to come after "attach," I wonder if this is also true for other verbs which I can't think of right now.
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!
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Jae Heun Lim So I was wondering if prepositions like "to" always had to come after verbs like "attach" no matter what. Yes, but only if you don't take the word 'always' absolutely literally. There are always a few exceptions or variants for every so-called "rule".
- Jae Heun Lim So I was wondering if prepositions like "to" always had to come after verbs like "attach" no matter what.
- Yes, but only if you don't take the word 'always' absolutely literally.
- There are always a few exceptions or variants for every so-called "rule".
- attach (something) to (something else) is the typical usage.
- add , join , connect , and link fall into the same category.
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Jae Heun LimSo I was wondering if prepositions like "to" always had to come after verbs like "attach" no matter what.Yes, but only if you don't take the word 'always' absolutely literally. There are always a few exceptions or variants for every so-called "rule".
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