Grammar question -- "from throughout the year"?

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Published" sounds better than "from" (it's an action verb instead of an
inert preposition), but I think the grammar of the original is fine as it
stands.

JL

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:

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> On 6/29/2011 1:47 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> > A friend has questioned the following sentence I have crafted, as
> > being if not ungrammatical at least awkward:
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> > "It is clear from the above that he read issues of these newspapers
> > from throughout the year; these articles [that he has discussed] come
> > from every month."
> >
> > What say the prescriptivists on this list?  And as well, the
> free-thinkers?
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> Looks OK to me.
>
> What is supposed to be questionable about it?
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> -- Doug Wilson
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