Why some prepositions are inserted before the relative noun, others are not?
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For example:
1.This is the book about which I know nothing
2.this is the person who he likes.
prepositions syntactic-analysis relative-pronouns
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For example:
1.This is the book about which I know nothing
2.this is the person who he likes.
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I'm flagging this as off-topic ("belongs on ELL"). Hi Tran, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
2 days ago
It's not a question of which prepositions go where, it's a question of sentence construction choice. You can say either: (1) This is the book about which I know nothing, or (2) This is the book which I know nothing about. It's not the word about that determines its position in the sentence, it's where you choose to put the preposition. Note that your second sentence could be reconstructed with a slight change so that its format mirrors the first: This is the person for whom he has a liking.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
Changing the order of elements of a sentence changes their emphasis, and the writer may have preferred this phrasing over This is the book I know nothing about or This is the book. I know nothing about this book and so on. Possibly, the writer or his/her editor were trying to avoid ending the sentence with a preposition, in obeisance to a commonly taught but grammatically and stylistically groundless rule to avoid terminal prepositions. You haven't provided enough context for us to venture a guess, however.
– choster
7 hours ago
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For example:
1.This is the book about which I know nothing
2.this is the person who he likes.
prepositions syntactic-analysis relative-pronouns
prepositions syntactic-analysis relative-pronouns
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I'm flagging this as off-topic ("belongs on ELL"). Hi Tran, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
2 days ago
It's not a question of which prepositions go where, it's a question of sentence construction choice. You can say either: (1) This is the book about which I know nothing, or (2) This is the book which I know nothing about. It's not the word about that determines its position in the sentence, it's where you choose to put the preposition. Note that your second sentence could be reconstructed with a slight change so that its format mirrors the first: This is the person for whom he has a liking.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
Changing the order of elements of a sentence changes their emphasis, and the writer may have preferred this phrasing over This is the book I know nothing about or This is the book. I know nothing about this book and so on. Possibly, the writer or his/her editor were trying to avoid ending the sentence with a preposition, in obeisance to a commonly taught but grammatically and stylistically groundless rule to avoid terminal prepositions. You haven't provided enough context for us to venture a guess, however.
– choster
7 hours ago
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I'm flagging this as off-topic ("belongs on ELL"). Hi Tran, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
2 days ago
It's not a question of which prepositions go where, it's a question of sentence construction choice. You can say either: (1) This is the book about which I know nothing, or (2) This is the book which I know nothing about. It's not the word about that determines its position in the sentence, it's where you choose to put the preposition. Note that your second sentence could be reconstructed with a slight change so that its format mirrors the first: This is the person for whom he has a liking.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
Changing the order of elements of a sentence changes their emphasis, and the writer may have preferred this phrasing over This is the book I know nothing about or This is the book. I know nothing about this book and so on. Possibly, the writer or his/her editor were trying to avoid ending the sentence with a preposition, in obeisance to a commonly taught but grammatically and stylistically groundless rule to avoid terminal prepositions. You haven't provided enough context for us to venture a guess, however.
– choster
7 hours ago
I'm flagging this as off-topic ("belongs on ELL"). Hi Tran, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
2 days ago
I'm flagging this as off-topic ("belongs on ELL"). Hi Tran, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
2 days ago
It's not a question of which prepositions go where, it's a question of sentence construction choice. You can say either: (1) This is the book about which I know nothing, or (2) This is the book which I know nothing about. It's not the word about that determines its position in the sentence, it's where you choose to put the preposition. Note that your second sentence could be reconstructed with a slight change so that its format mirrors the first: This is the person for whom he has a liking.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
It's not a question of which prepositions go where, it's a question of sentence construction choice. You can say either: (1) This is the book about which I know nothing, or (2) This is the book which I know nothing about. It's not the word about that determines its position in the sentence, it's where you choose to put the preposition. Note that your second sentence could be reconstructed with a slight change so that its format mirrors the first: This is the person for whom he has a liking.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
Changing the order of elements of a sentence changes their emphasis, and the writer may have preferred this phrasing over This is the book I know nothing about or This is the book. I know nothing about this book and so on. Possibly, the writer or his/her editor were trying to avoid ending the sentence with a preposition, in obeisance to a commonly taught but grammatically and stylistically groundless rule to avoid terminal prepositions. You haven't provided enough context for us to venture a guess, however.
– choster
7 hours ago
Changing the order of elements of a sentence changes their emphasis, and the writer may have preferred this phrasing over This is the book I know nothing about or This is the book. I know nothing about this book and so on. Possibly, the writer or his/her editor were trying to avoid ending the sentence with a preposition, in obeisance to a commonly taught but grammatically and stylistically groundless rule to avoid terminal prepositions. You haven't provided enough context for us to venture a guess, however.
– choster
7 hours ago
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I'm flagging this as off-topic ("belongs on ELL"). Hi Tran, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
2 days ago
It's not a question of which prepositions go where, it's a question of sentence construction choice. You can say either: (1) This is the book about which I know nothing, or (2) This is the book which I know nothing about. It's not the word about that determines its position in the sentence, it's where you choose to put the preposition. Note that your second sentence could be reconstructed with a slight change so that its format mirrors the first: This is the person for whom he has a liking.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
Changing the order of elements of a sentence changes their emphasis, and the writer may have preferred this phrasing over This is the book I know nothing about or This is the book. I know nothing about this book and so on. Possibly, the writer or his/her editor were trying to avoid ending the sentence with a preposition, in obeisance to a commonly taught but grammatically and stylistically groundless rule to avoid terminal prepositions. You haven't provided enough context for us to venture a guess, however.
– choster
7 hours ago