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*I don't <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">know</span> much <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> history,<br/>[...]<br/> don't <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">know</span> much <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> the French <span style="font-size:68%;color:#AAA;"><s>(that)</s></span> I took.<br/><br/> (Cf. Sam Cook, "What a Wonderful World" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GLAKEjU4w §§]) | *I don't <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">know</span> much <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> history,<br/>[...]<br/> don't <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">know</span> much <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> the French <span style="font-size:68%;color:#AAA;"><s>(that)</s></span> I took.<br/><br/> (Cf. Sam Cook, "What a Wonderful World" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GLAKEjU4w §§]) | ||
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+ | *[...]everyone<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">'s concerned</span> <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> Industrial Disease<br /> | ||
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+ | On ITV and BBC they <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">talk</span> <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> the curse<br /> | ||
+ | (Cf. Dire Straits, "Industrial Disease" [https://paroles2chansons.lemonde.fr/paroles-dire-straits/paroles-industrial-disease.html §§]) | ||
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Revision as of 12:23, 18 March 2020
Preposition
Introduces a subject, theme, or topic as its grammatical object.
- I don't know much about history,
[...]
don't know much about the French(that)I took.
(Cf. Sam Cook, "What a Wonderful World" §§)
- [...]everyone's concerned about Industrial Disease
[...]
On ITV and BBC they talk about the curse
(Cf. Dire Straits, "Industrial Disease" §§)
Particle
Used in the same way as around... as a particle indicating non-goal directed activity:
- People were milling about in the public square, waiting for the candidate to speak.