Dear Scholars,
We've had some very nice written contributions this week. Please make sure to read them, and the comments on them. Please add your own thoughts as well.
The following playsheet is posted In response to a redundant preposition error that appeared in one paper. See if you can find and fix the errors.
Redundant Prepositions
Please identify and correct the
mistakes in the following. Some involve a redundant preposition, but there are other errors too. Be sure to look up any words you do not know.
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The lucubrating landlord was unsure about whom, when the skunk strutted into the darkened cellar the previous night, had set the aging eggplant centerpiece ablaze.
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Demetrius strove to evade the amorous lady of whom he was not in love with nor could never become enamored by.
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Boadicea, having hidden the VCR into which the pancakes had been stuffed in, asked whom, when all factors are taken into account, should be held responsible for having abandoned the puppy of who everyone was so fond with.
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Abandoned by Demetrius, upon who she doted over so cloyingly, Helena fell victim of a mistakenly applied potion, about which she knew nothing of.
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The centaur balanced the ciderpress, from which he expected great rancor to be generated over, upon his semi-equine shoulder before addressing the rebarbative assemblage of peacocks with a wink while waving about the infamous wooden spoon around.
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Aloysius balked at the thought of taking credit for the highly successful encounter with the penguins, of who we still know very little about, and declined the honor of wearing the chain of office and the puce tights -- a color of which he felt an intense aversion to.
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