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#2 (permalink) Thu Aug 17, 2006 17:05 pm With versus What with |
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With getting up early and travelling all day, we were exhausted by the evening. What with getting up early and travelling all day, we were exhausted by the evening. |
Hi Khahn
I'm not sure I'd ever actually say your first sentence.
"What with" is a fixed expression that means "because of" (or "taking into consideration"), so your second sentence is fine.
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#3 (permalink) Thu Aug 17, 2006 17:17 pm With |
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Hi,
Rather than with in your first sentence I think that it would be better to say; By or Through.
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#4 (permalink) Thu Aug 17, 2006 20:08 pm With versus What with |
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Dear Amy/ Alan
Thanks!
Please see below:
"With all that fever and headache, it was really impossible ( for me) to move on."
Would you advise that I should not use such sentences?
Please reply
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