Ran past ahead?
Hi, everyone.
The hare ran past ahead of tortoise in the race.
Can we write "past" and "ahead", two prepositions, like this together?
Are there other ways to say the above sentence?
Top answer
silak12 The hare ran past ahead of the tortoise in the race. It is not possible in the interpretation "ran /past ahead/ of". The interpretation "The hare ran past / ahead of the tortoise in the race" is possible, but it really could do with a comma, and then "past" is an adverb not a preposition.
- silak12 The hare ran past ahead of the tortoise in the race.
- It is not possible in the interpretation "ran /past ahead/ of".
- The interpretation "The hare ran past / ahead of the tortoise in the race" is possible, but it really could do with a comma, and then "past" is an adverb not a preposition.
- Anyway, there seems no necessity to use both words since one implies the other.
- You can just say "The hare ran past the tortoise in the race".
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silak12The hare ran past ahead of the tortoise in the race.
It is not possible in the interpretation "ran /past ahead/ of". The interpretation "The hare ran past / ahead of the tortoise in the race" is possible, but it really could do with a comma, and then "past" is an adverb not a preposition. Anyway, there seems
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