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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

With week three of Occupy Wall Street protests in full swing

Hi

The is the starting line of a news article:

With week three of Occupy Wall Street protests in full swing, the mainstream media continues to present the demonstrators as teenage anarchist slackers.

I think "With week three" functions more or less as a single unit. Correct me please. Can't I say: With three weeks of...?

Please help me with the query above. Thanks.
  

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'With' is a preposition and 'Week 3' is of course a unit, but it does not mean the same as your paraphrase: it refers only to the 3rd week.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'With' is a preposition and 'Week 3' is of course a unit, but it does not mean the same as your paraphrase: it refers only to the 3rd week.
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'With' is a preposition and 'Week 3' is of course a unit, but it does not mean the same as your paraphrase: it refers only to the 3rd week.
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Mister Micawber'With' is a preposition and 'Week 3' is of course a unit, but it does not mean the same as your paraphrase: it refers only to the 3rd week.
Thank you, Mr Micawber.

I have checked the http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with but I cou
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Probably one of these:

14. at the same time as or immediately after; u
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