Timeline for "out of" vs. duplicated "from"
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| May 14, 2015 at 15:58 | vote | accept | Mrt | ||
| May 14, 2015 at 14:31 | comment | added | Ben Kovitz | (Native AmE) I agree that "out of their book" sounds awkward here, though it is a legitimate synonym and it could sound normal in other situations. | |
| May 14, 2015 at 11:17 | history | edited | Ben Kovitz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 14, 2015 at 1:50 | answer | added | Ben Kovitz | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 13, 2015 at 18:15 | answer | added | MrTheWalrus | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 13, 2015 at 17:24 | comment | added | DoneWithThis. | It's one of those things that, in speech, no-one would even notice. It's only when written down that you start to analyse it | |
| May 13, 2015 at 17:20 | comment | added | Mrt | @Tetsujin I see , it could be awkward. It is a lecture from a American university. Could it be more American dialect? | |
| May 13, 2015 at 17:15 | comment | added | DoneWithThis. | @Murat - people also say "off of the telly" even though it's become a national joke in the UK ;) | |
| May 13, 2015 at 17:07 | comment | added | Mrt | @Tetsujin actually the first sentence is a original sentence from a video in English. | |
| May 13, 2015 at 16:55 | comment | added | DoneWithThis. | 'out of their book' sounds very awkward to me. If you want to avoid the double 'from', how about 'in their book' ? | |
| May 13, 2015 at 16:27 | comment | added | Stephie | Both sentences are ok, not repeating words if an alternative is available is often done but not mandatory. A question of style, not grammar. In short: You are absolutely right. | |
| May 13, 2015 at 16:22 | history | asked | Mrt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |