another lost preposition

Mon Feb 11 15:57:23 UTC 2008

On Feb 11, 2008, at 7:23 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:

> On Feb 11, 2008 9:48 AM, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> this time in AmE vs. BrE.
>>
>> paraphrasing Garner's Modern American Usage (2003):
>>
>>  protest against: against may be omitted in AmE, but not in BrE (649)
>
> Discussed by Jan Freeman last year, along with "battle (against)" and
> "appeal (against)":
>
> http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/09/09/
> yankees_win/

embarrassing, because she quotes me in this piece.

well, back then, i wasn't collecting examples.  now i am. i have a
Language Log piece in preparation on "ten (or so) ways to lose a
preposition".

arnold

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