What are the differences in meaning?
What are the differences in meaning?
1. Why are you racking your brains so hard on the easy question?
2. Why are you racking your brains so hard about the easy question?
3. Why are you racking your brains so hard with the easy question?
Top answer
I wouldn't say those prepositions are all wrong, but in my experience the usual preposition with 'rack your brain(s)' is over . Saying ' the easy question' instead of ' an easy question' suggests that one of the questions is known to be easy. Clive
- I wouldn't say those prepositions are all wrong, but in my experience the usual preposition with 'rack your brain(s)' is over .
- Saying ' the easy question' instead of ' an easy question' suggests that one of the questions is known to be easy.
- Clive
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I wouldn't say those prepositions are all wrong, but in my experience the usual preposition with 'rack your brain(s)' is over.
Saying 'the easy question' instead of 'an easy question' suggests that one of the questions is known to be easy.
Clive
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