tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post805868664488747457..comments2024-02-28T05:25:12.859-05:00Comments on English, Jack: Verbs, prepositions, and in betweenBretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-4983153794316745632009-08-21T01:02:57.658-05:002009-08-21T01:02:57.658-05:00Compared to Canada, the humidity in Japan is so un...Compared to Canada, the humidity in Japan is so unbearable that you are compelled to take a shower several times a day - actually, this kind of construction used to be strongly condemned in TOEFL workbooks and such, but not any more ...<br /><br />One more thing: I was reading a recent issue of Language the other day (Vol.85, #2), where I came across this:<br /><br />'Without wanting to read too much into these graphs, since there is some degree of self-selection on the part of authors when it comes to what to submit where, it nonetheless seems that these facts present a snapshot of the field over the past seven years, and are suggestive of the sorts of areas in which research was concentrated.' (page 506)<br /><br />Hmm, <i>wanting</i> as a preposition someday?Q Higuchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110305928472008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-90302278439445978282009-08-20T07:03:38.810-05:002009-08-20T07:03:38.810-05:00Compared to Q, I don't blog in the shower.Compared to Q, I don't blog in the shower.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.com