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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
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Hi
Please tell me whether this sentence is grammatical.
I was given to choose among simile metaphor and personification.
  

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vsuresh I was given to choose among simile metaphor and personification. I'd say I was given to choose from simile, metaphor and personification. We use among if the options to choose from is not given.

— Kartik Raj Kanna

  • vsuresh I was given to choose among simile metaphor and personification.
  • I'd say I was given to choose from simile, metaphor and personification.
  • We use among if the options to choose from is not given.
  • Since the options to choose from is given, from is used.
  • KRK
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vsureshI was given to choose among simile metaphor and personification.
I'd say
I was given to choose from simile, metaphor and personification.

We use among if the options to choose from is not given. Since the options to choose from is given, from is used.

KRK
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