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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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001. I think Mr. M used the following sentence in responding to one of the posts, and I wonder why there isn't a word like 'preposition' before the quoted word.02br
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00Why not use the usual simple "into"? 02br
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002. I hear a lot that Whom is generally used only in very formal English and wonder which academic situtation (or non-academic situation) would that be.02br
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01. I think Mr. ) in responding to one of the posts, and I wonder why there isn't a word like 'preposition' before the quoted word.

— Mister Micawber

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  • --01b 00 There is no need for any other word before the quoted word; it is just what it appears to be, a quoted word.
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01. I think Mr. M used the following sentence (Why not use the usual simple "into"?) in responding to one of the posts, and I wonder why there isn't a word like 'preposition' before the quoted word. --01b00 There is no need for any other word before the quoted word; it is just what it appears to be, a quoted word. Another example: "01i00What does 'egregious' mean?02i
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0Thank you, Mr. M. For the first question, where would you say is the modification by 'the' in that sentence is taking place? 'the' must be modifying a noun, isn't it and could the quoted content be a noun? That seems improbable, to me.02br
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00What is the object of the modification for this? "-ing"?? I think a poster named "Thenativespeaker" wrote this:02br
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0By using the word qua word, it becomes nominalized. Look at your own sentence: "01i00where would you say is the modification 01b00by 'the'02b02i00 (prepositional phrase, 'the' is the noun object)01i00 in that sentence is taking place? 01b00'The' must be02b00 modifying a noun, isn't it?02i00 ('The' is the n
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10By using the word qua word, it becomes nominalized. Look at your own sentence: "11i10where would you say is the modification 11b10by 'the'12b12i10 (prepositional phrase, 'the' is the noun object)11i10 in that sentence is taking place? 11b10'T
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0You will have to judge by context. Are you speaking of '01i00-ing02i00', the omnipresent suffix, or 01b01i00an02i02b00 '01i00-ing02i00' which appears somewhere in the text or context?... which upon second mention becomes 01b01i00the02i02b00 '01i00-ing02i
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