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Guest Posted 22 years ago
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Verb 'rename': to or not to
Should I say 'the street was renamed to NN' or 'the street was renamed NN'.
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Guest, When I first thought about your post, I thought that either form is correct, though I slightly favored the second form. So then I was curious as to how most people write something like this. I checked Google using the search term "street was renamed" (with the quotes), and, from my quick perusal, your second form seems much more popular.
- Guest, When I first thought about your post, I thought that either form is correct, though I slightly favored the second form.
- So then I was curious as to how most people write something like this.
- I checked Google using the search term "street was renamed" (with the quotes), and, from my quick perusal, your second form seems much more popular.
- ) Thus, I would tend to go with your second choice.
- Either choice is probably acceptable, though the latter form appears to be more popular.
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Guest,
When I first thought about your post, I thought that either form is correct, though I slightly favored the second form.
So then I was curious as to how most people write something like this. I checked Google using the search term "street was renamed" (with the quotes), and, from my quick perusal, your second form seems much more popular. (I encourage you to do the
When I first thought about your post, I thought that either form is correct, though I slightly favored the second form.
So then I was curious as to how most people write something like this. I checked Google using the search term "street was renamed" (with the quotes), and, from my quick perusal, your second form seems much more popular. (I encourage you to do the
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