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Magic79 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
"explain about"
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00 I have always thought that the preposition"about" does not follow the verb "explain." However, while reading "The Pillars of the Eearth" novel, I was awestruck to find that combination "explain about" as in: 02 br
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00 Alfred said: "Would you 01 font 00 explain about 02 font 00 the guild to some of the others?" (page 550) 02 br
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00 I have googled it and found thousands of hits. I wonder if it is ungrammatical strictly speaking. 02 br
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00 My argument is that we 01 font 00 explain something 02 font 00 NOT 01 font 00 explain about something 02 font 00 . 0-
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00 I have always thought that the preposition"about" does not follow the verb "explain." However, while reading "The Pillars of the Eearth" novel, I was awestruck to find that combination "explain about" as in: 02 br
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00 Alfred said: "Would you 01 font 00 explain about 02 font 00 the guild to some of the others?" (page 550) 02 br
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00 I have googled it and found thousands of hits. I wonder if it is ungrammatical strictly speaking. 02 br
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00 My argument is that we 01 font 00 explain something 02 font 00 NOT 01 font 00 explain about something 02 font 00 . 0-
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00 It is a common utterance whose redundancy can be cleared up for careful writing style by omitting 01 i 00 about 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 It is a common utterance whose redundancy can be cleared up for careful writing style by omitting 01 i 00 about 02 i 00 . 02 br
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0 Never having been guilty of strictly speaking, I can't properly answer; but I believe we're witnessing the evolution of language. Common usage often forces a change in the rules, and the experts don't always agree on what the rules are at any given time. It was a sad day, but I had to give up being a purist long ago. So what about it? Explaining about something is talking about it with auth
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0 Modern linguists believe it's natural that languge changes. Similarly, scientists believe it's natural that if your are not careful with your diet, you get fat. 02 br
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00 If we just relax our rules on how we write or speak, the communication between our generation and the future one will break. Shapespeare is slimly understood. Chaucer is completely off throwing. Sadly to s
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00 If we just relax our rules on how we write or speak, the communication between our generation and the future one will break. Shapespeare is slimly understood. Chaucer is completely off throwing. Sadly to s
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0 Magic, that is one of my favorite books ever. It's in my Top 5, certainly. Are you enjoying it? The bad guys are SOO bad. I just couldn't wait for something nice to happen to the good guys. And learning how to build a cathedral was very interesting, I thought! 0-
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1 i 00 explain about 02 i 00 always strikes me as an abbreviation of 01 i 00 explain [a little / something / the basic facts] about 02 i 00 . 02 br
00 At least 01 i 00 explain about 02 i 00 isn't as jarring as 01 i 00 discuss about 02 i 00 . 05 0 02 br
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00 At least 01 i 00 explain about 02 i 00 isn't as jarring as 01 i 00 discuss about 02 i 00 . 05 0 02 br
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0 Thinks Calif! I don't like 01 i 00 discuss about 02 i 00 either. It's a very common mistake that we EFL speakers make. 02 br
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00 Yes, Grammar Geek! It's a great novel. I am enjoying the story. I keep wondering as I read how those great writers are able to keep the story going and developing. Who could have guessed that Tom the Builder would die!!? Or Jack w
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00 Yes, Grammar Geek! It's a great novel. I am enjoying the story. I keep wondering as I read how those great writers are able to keep the story going and developing. Who could have guessed that Tom the Builder would die!!? Or Jack w
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