30 Aug 20
@chesstachio saidYou want people to be laughing you but I reckon they will, in fact, just be laughing you.
Was mine right?
It’s hard to be dumber when you are already dumb 🤔
@chesstachio saidNope. Verbs are ok. No need to eliminate verbs. Think [preposition removed HERE after realizing that it was a preposition after posting] phrases that have prepositions and then omit them.
This thread too hard.
Note: Edited for full compliance.
30 Aug 20
@fmf saidLet me just say that the main problem Swedes have with English prepositions is that after a preposition the verb takes the gerund form. Ex. "look forward to meeting..." - 'to' is a preposition whereas in Swedish "se fram emot att träffa…", 'att' is the infinitive. So Swedes often say 'I look forward to meet you.'
The only 'incorrect' grammar we are looking here are phrases and sentences with their prepositions lopped.
30 Aug 20
@fmf saidA common saying in The Welsh Valleys:
As nuanced and just-so as they can undoubtedly be, they are pesky for non-native speakers of English. Let's try purging them and see how we get on.
Where are you going to? / Where you going?
Is that the kind of thing?
30 Aug 20
@torunn saidI got really mixed up by that when I tried to learn German. English infinitives are two words e.g. 'machen' is 'to make', 'sehen' is 'to see' etc. The trick is to then notice when 'to' isn't part of an infinitive in the sentence. So:-
Let me just say that the main problem Swedes have with English prepositions is that after a preposition the verb takes the gerund form. Ex. "look forward to meeting..." - 'to' is a preposition whereas in Swedish "se fram emot att träffa…", 'att' is the infinitive. So Swedes often say 'I look forward to meet you.'
1. It isn't when you say 'I look forward to meeting'.
2. It is when you say 'when are we going to meet?'
What I don't know is whether it is still a preposition when it is part of an infinitive so @FMF within the rules of this thread should 'to' be removed from both of the above or just the first example?
30 Aug 20
@kewpie saidHave you been Lancashire? No prepositions allowed there.
I'd like see the end unnecessary prepositions too. Close (out) a bank account, park (up) a car, visit (with) friends, watch (on) a match, for example.
@drewnogal saidThat is the kind thing, yeah.
A common saying in The Welsh Valleys:
Where are you going to? / Where you going?
Is that the kind of thing?
