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Elcid Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Usage of word in the sentence : "harking back to childhood memories" ??
Hi,
I am finding myself a bit confused in the usage of two words. Please haev a look at them
Q1: "harking back to childhood memories" --> Is memories redundant because we are using harking back, which means something which which you remember of the past, and childhood together and it means childhood which is there not any more which is equivalent to "childhood memories" ? So if a sentence contains this statment, would it be consider correct? And if given a preference then we should go with the one without memories?
Q2: I have never gone abroad.
I have never been to abroad.
Second sentence seems a bit wierd. Perhaps because I have never heard it before. Could you please tell me is the usage of abroad with been is correct in the second sentence. I think this might be grammatically correct but not sure whether it is used in written/spoken or not.
Thanks!
Please correct me if I have made any mistakes in the post save spelling mistakes:).
I am finding myself a bit confused in the usage of two words. Please haev a look at them
Q1: "harking back to childhood memories" --> Is memories redundant because we are using harking back, which means something which which you remember of the past, and childhood together and it means childhood which is there not any more which is equivalent to "childhood memories" ? So if a sentence contains this statment, would it be consider correct? And if given a preference then we should go with the one without memories?
Q2: I have never gone abroad.
I have never been to abroad.
Second sentence seems a bit wierd. Perhaps because I have never heard it before. Could you please tell me is the usage of abroad with been is correct in the second sentence. I think this might be grammatically correct but not sure whether it is used in written/spoken or not.
Thanks!
Please correct me if I have made any mistakes in the post save spelling mistakes:).
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Hi, Q1: "harking back to childhood memories" --> Is memories redundant because we are using harking back, which means something which which you remember of the past, and childhood together and it means childhood which is there not any more which is equivalent to "childhood memories" ? So if a sentence contains this statment, would it be consider correct? And if given a preference then we should go with the one without memories?
- Hi, Q1: "harking back to childhood memories" --> Is memories redundant because we are using harking back, which means something which which you remember of the past, and childhood together and it means childhood which is there not any more which is equivalent to "childhood memories" ?
- So if a sentence contains this statment, would it be consider correct?
- And if given a preference then we should go with the one without memories?
- Yes, the word 'memories' seems a bit redundant.
- Q2: I have never gone abroad.
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Hi,
Q1: "harking back to childhood memories" --> Is memories redundant because we are using harking back, which means something which which you remember of the past, and childhood together and it means childhood which is there not any more which is equivalent to "childhood memories" ? So if a sentence contains this statment, would it be consider correct? And if gi
Q1: "harking back to childhood memories" --> Is memories redundant because we are using harking back, which means something which which you remember of the past, and childhood together and it means childhood which is there not any more which is equivalent to "childhood memories" ? So if a sentence contains this statment, would it be consider correct? And if gi
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