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Re: Function of the phrase "such as"?
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Odile Sullivan-Tarazi <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:19:21 -0700
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Oh, that's interesting.  I considered prepositional phrase, but it
didn't seem quite like one to me.

Thanks!

Odile


At 8:03 AM -0700 8/2/04, Scott Lavitt wrote:
>
>According to Celce-Murcia and Larsen-Freeman in _The
>Grammar Book_, " 'Such as' is best presented as a
>prepositional construction: in normal use, it is most
>often followed by a noun, not by a full clause" (527).
>

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