Grammarguide-2023
Expressions without prepositions
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grammarguide-2023
57. Expressions without prepositions
The verbs discuss, enter, marry, lack, resemble and approach are normally followed by objects without prepositions. • Incorrect: She married with an old man. • Correct: She married an old man. • Incorrect: We must discuss about the plans. Grammar Guide Page 29 • Correct: We must discuss the plans. • Incorrect: The baby resembles to its dad. • Correct: The baby resembles its dad. 58. Far and a long way We use far in questions and negative clauses. • Did you walk far? • The railway station is not far from here. We use a long way in affirmative clauses. • We walked a long way. (NOT We walked far.) • The post office is a long way from here. Far is common in affirmative clauses with adverbs like too, so, enough and as. • You have walked a bit too far. 59. Gerund • Incorrect: I am thinking to write a novel. • Correct: I am thinking of writing a novel. • Incorrect: We were prevented from enter the room. • Correct: We were prevented from entering the room. A preposition is followed by a gerund (-ing forms) and not an infinitive. • Incorrect: They insisted on me resigning the post. • Correct: They insisted on my resigning the post. • Incorrect: They objected to John playing for the other team. • Correct: They objected to John's playing for the other team. Grammar Guide Page 30 A noun or a pronoun used before a gerund should be in the possessive case. Note that the possessive case should not be used with a gerund when the gerund is in the passive or when the noun or pronoun denotes a lifeless thing. • Incorrect: There is no danger of the roof's crashing. • Correct: There is no danger of the roof crashing. Download 0.58 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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