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"with" stumper
He is tall with green eyes.
He is a tall man, with green eyes.
Swan has nothing on with as a "quasi-coordinate conjunction" (Fowler's explanation of this). I have, for the moment, no access to a copy of CGEL - Quirk, et al. "With" in Greek seems to have full conjunctive status, so the first utterance does not set off any warning bells in my learners' heads.
Does anybody know where I could find more information on this?
He is a tall man, with green eyes.
Swan has nothing on with as a "quasi-coordinate conjunction" (Fowler's explanation of this). I have, for the moment, no access to a copy of CGEL - Quirk, et al. "With" in Greek seems to have full conjunctive status, so the first utterance does not set off any warning bells in my learners' heads.
Does anybody know where I could find more information on this?
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[nq:1]He is tall with green eyes. He is a tall man, with green eyes. Swan has nothing on with as ...
- [nq:1]He is tall with green eyes.
- He is a tall man, with green eyes.
- Swan has nothing on with as ...
- set off any warning bells in my learners' heads.
- [/nq] No - but in my opinion only the first is correct.
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[nq:1]He is tall with green eyes. He is a tall man, with green eyes. Swan has nothing on with as ... set off any warning bells in my learners' heads. Does anybody know where I could find more information on this?[/nq]
No - but in my opinion only the first is correct. The second would be correct without the comma. The version without the comma would be my preferred way of expressing this concep
No - but in my opinion only the first is correct. The second would be correct without the comma. The version without the comma would be my preferred way of expressing this concep
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[nq:1]He is tall with green eyes. He is a tall man, with green eyes. Swan has nothing on with as ... set off any warning bells in my learners' heads. Does anybody know where I could find more information on this?[/nq]
'with' is a preposition. None of
my 4 dictionaries define it as any
other part of speech.
'with green eyes' is an adjectival
prep. phrase modifying 'man'
In a
'with' is a preposition. None of
my 4 dictionaries define it as any
other part of speech.
'with green eyes' is an adjectival
prep. phrase modifying 'man'
In a
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