HelpGrammar pedants - help please.
94 watchers
30 Sep
12:18pm, 30 Sep 2022
3,471 posts
|
Evangel
That reminds me of a pet-irritation I have. Am I the only one who is irritated by the verbal epidemic of following the word 'including' by a preposition? 'In' or 'at' seem to be the most usual examples. I think that 'including' should be followed by a noun or a pronoun. Does anyone agree?
|
30 Sep
1:28pm, 30 Sep 2022
21,967 posts
|
ChrisHB
never noticed including+preposition.
|
30 Sep
1:32pm, 30 Sep 2022
9,157 posts
|
Northern Exile
Same. Sounds awkward.
|
30 Sep
2:53pm, 30 Sep 2022
3,440 posts
|
JCB
I am including in my statement, nothing worthwhile.
|
|
30 Sep
3:13pm, 30 Sep 2022
21,968 posts
|
ChrisHB
otoh, 'inclusive of' sounds good to me
|
The Doctor K Cup
This year sees the fifth edition of our annual challenge in memory of the Fetchies who have sadly passed away. It's named after Doctor K, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2017
Are you doing the right training?
See typical mileage, pace and long run stats for every distance and goal. See a comparison with your own training.
Heart Rate Analysis
See your heart rate training data from the last 12 months broken down in technicolour.
Flat as a pancake?
We've collected thousands of your reviews from events, and worked out which races give you the best chance of a fast time!