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>>>>> On Tue, 02 Aug 2022, Sam James wrote: |
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>> On 1 Aug 2022, at 22:24, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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>> The language point: |
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>> Am I the only one for whom the omission of "from" makes the sentence read |
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>> smoother? (Maybe it's a regional English thing?) |
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>> ; this will prevent the learning curve [...] from becoming too steep... |
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>> ; this will prevent the learning curve [...] becoming too steep... |
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> It reads slightly smoother without "from" but I didn't notice it when |
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> reading myself. |
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> I guess we can drop it. |
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But is it grammatically correct with the "from"? |
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https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/prevent |
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seems to suggest so: |
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| The verb *prevent* is never followed by an infinitive. |
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| Use the patterns *prevent someone/something doing something* |
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| or *prevent someone/something from doing something* [...] |
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