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Colorfulratio Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
prepostitions
Which prepositions should I use here?
He had been an active, energetic dad, with almost all the family photos from Ed’s childhood showing Michael _______ dangling Ed or his brother ________ their ankles, piggybacking them over sand dunes, or taking them on at football or cricket. Back ________ his day he’d been an excellent swimmer, too, an Olympic hopeful ________ all accounts, until an ankle injury ended ________ that dream. But he never lost his love of the water, and whenever he and Victoria, Ed’s mum, came to stay ________ us, he’d throw himself ________ the sea ________ minutes of arriving and rocket _______ the bay with a still-impressive front crawl. ‘That’s better,’ he’d say, emerging ______ a grin half an hour later, while Victoria rolled her eyes and pretended to be cross.
He had been an active, energetic dad, with almost all the family photos from Ed’s childhood showing Michael _______ dangling Ed or his brother ________ their ankles, piggybacking them over sand dunes, or taking them on at football or cricket. Back ________ his day he’d been an excellent swimmer, too, an Olympic hopeful ________ all accounts, until an ankle injury ended ________ that dream. But he never lost his love of the water, and whenever he and Victoria, Ed’s mum, came to stay ________ us, he’d throw himself ________ the sea ________ minutes of arriving and rocket _______ the bay with a still-impressive front crawl. ‘That’s better,’ he’d say, emerging ______ a grin half an hour later, while Victoria rolled her eyes and pretended to be cross.
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Shouldn't you attempt this exercise yourself first?
- Shouldn't you attempt this exercise yourself first?
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OK, you're right.
He had been an active, energetic dad, with almost all the family photos from Ed’s childhood showing Michael______ dangling Ed or his brother ________ their ankles, piggybacking them over sand dunes, or taking them on at football or cricket. Back ___in_____ his day he’d been an excellent swimmer, too, an Olympic hopeful __to______ all accounts, until an ankle injury e
He had been an active, energetic dad, with almost all the family photos from Ed’s childhood showing Michael______ dangling Ed or his brother ________ their ankles, piggybacking them over sand dunes, or taking them on at football or cricket. Back ___in_____ his day he’d been an excellent swimmer, too, an Olympic hopeful __to______ all accounts, until an ankle injury e
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It seems to me that the exercise should allow null answers (no preposition required). Is that correct? Where you have not supplied an answer, are you indicating that you believe no preposition is required?
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It allows null answers. The blanks indicate either that I believe there's no preposition or I don't know the answer.
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Green = correct
Red = incorrect
He had been an active, energetic dad, with almost all the family photos from Ed’s childhood showing Michael____ dangling Ed or his brother ______ their ankles, piggybacking them over sand dunes, or taking them on at football or cricket. Back
Red = incorrect
He had been an active, energetic dad, with almost all the family photos from Ed’s childhood showing Michael____ dangling Ed or his brother ______ their ankles, piggybacking them over sand dunes, or taking them on at football or cricket. Back
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