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02 Dec 2019, 22:57
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Hello,
I have just started the GMAT Ultimate Grammar book (first edition). In this example:
The girls are talking to the boys
'to the boys' - is categorized as object. As per my understanding 'to' is a preposition here. However, it is written in the book that an object can not begin with a preposition.
What am i missing here? Could you please guide?
Thanks.
I have just started the GMAT Ultimate Grammar book (first edition). In this example:
The girls are talking to the boys
'to the boys' - is categorized as object. As per my understanding 'to' is a preposition here. However, it is written in the book that an object can not begin with a preposition.
What am i missing here? Could you please guide?
Thanks.
03 Dec 2019, 08:44
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OXO
Hello,
I have just started the GMAT Ultimate Grammar book (first edition). In this example:
The girls are talking to the boys
'to the boys' - is categorized as object. As per my understanding 'to' is a preposition here. However, it is written in the book that an object can not begin with a preposition.
What am i missing here? Could you please guide?
Thanks.
I have just started the GMAT Ultimate Grammar book (first edition). In this example:
The girls are talking to the boys
'to the boys' - is categorized as object. As per my understanding 'to' is a preposition here. However, it is written in the book that an object can not begin with a preposition.
What am i missing here? Could you please guide?
Thanks.
Hello, OXO. I will bite on this one, as grammar is something that interests this avocational linguist. In the sentence you listed, the boys acts as the object, and to is indeed a preposition. In grammar, an object is defined as some sort of noun, whether a single noun, list of nouns, or some sort of noun phrase, that uses a preposition or an active transitive verb (e.g., is, are) at the head. Again, to is acting as the prepositional trigger for the noun-object that follows.
I understand your confusion. If you have further questions or commentary, you know where to post your thoughts. Good luck with your studies.
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Hello,
I have just started the GMAT Ultimate Grammar book (first edition). In this example:
The girls are talking to the boys
'to the boys' - is categorized as object. As per my understanding 'to' is a preposition here. However, it is written in the book that an object can not begin with a preposition.
What am i missing here? Could you please guide?
Thanks.
HeyI have just started the GMAT Ultimate Grammar book (first edition). In this example:
The girls are talking to the boys
'to the boys' - is categorized as object. As per my understanding 'to' is a preposition here. However, it is written in the book that an object can not begin with a preposition.
What am i missing here? Could you please guide?
Thanks.
Could you send a screenshot from the book?
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