dragn
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
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 Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:13 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
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We call for more people to be aware of how serious the problem is.
should I omit "Of" here? |
The word of is optional here. You may omit it with no change in meaning. So, should you omit it? No. Can you omit it? Yes. Would I omit it? Excuse me while I go look for a coin to flip.
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| We usually say "sound asleep" Can I say "sleep sound" instead? |
As a replacement for sound asleep? No, because they have completely different grammatical functions. Sound asleep is an adjective phrase; to sleep soundly is a verb phrase. So, it depends on what you want to say.
Hope this helps.
Greg |
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