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Fab54 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

She prefers that....

Hi everyone,

1) She prefers that you don't go to her presentation of tomorrow because you make her nervous.

Is that sentence correct, because teh "that you don't go part" seems strange to me...

Another question:
Can we say "her tomorrow presentations", or "tomorrow's presentation" or neither of them?

Thanks
  

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Hi Fab, Although (1) is becoming increasingly tolerable, the preferred structure is: 'she prefers that you not go to her presentation tomorrow'. 'Her presentation tomorrow' is the only proper choice. Without the 'her' to define it, the phrase 'tomorrow's presentation' would also be acceptable.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hi Fab, Although (1) is becoming increasingly tolerable, the preferred structure is: 'she prefers that you not go to her presentation tomorrow'.
  • 'Her presentation tomorrow' is the only proper choice.
  • Without the 'her' to define it, the phrase 'tomorrow's presentation' would also be acceptable.
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Hi Fab,

Although (1) is becoming increasingly tolerable, the preferred structure is: 'she prefers that you not go to her presentation tomorrow'.

'Her presentation tomorrow' is the only proper choice. Without the 'her' to define it, the phrase 'tomorrow's presentation' would also be acceptable.
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Thank you very much Mister!
Very clear (Y)
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Hi Mister,
Could we say (talking about my first question)

She prefers if you don't go to her......

Thabks
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No! You will hear 'she prefers it if you don't go", but this should not be perpetrated in the formal written language.
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