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Difficult preposition "under" #1 (permalink) Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:35 am   Difficult preposition "under"
 

Our new classification scheme lists books.... their title, not the subject.
In my book, it puts the preposition ''under'' but I don't understand.
Can you explain it for me?
I even don't understand the meaning of the sentence. It is so complicated, which is the main verb of the sentence? :oops:
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Difficult preposition "under" #2 (permalink) Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:08 pm   Difficult preposition "under"
 

The main verb of the sentence is "lists".

The reason we use "under" in that sentence is probably because when you visualize a list, you would imagine the book itself listed under the heading for the whole category. For example, if books were listed under their subjects, you would see something like this:

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Subject: House repair
How to Fix Your Entire House by Joe Shmoe
Simple Home Repairs by Fred Lunchbucket
Three Weeks to a More Beautiful Home by Ann Naildriver

You see? The books are listed under their subject.

However, it's also possible to say this:

"Books are listed by title." "Books are listed by their titles."
"Books are listed by subject." "Books are listed by their subjects."
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Difficult preposition "under" #3 (permalink) Thu Jan 03, 2008 13:45 pm   Difficult preposition "under"
 

Jamie (K) wrote:
The main verb of the sentence is "lists".

In fact, 'lists' is the only verb in the sentence, duc.
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Difficult preposition "under" #4 (permalink) Thu Jan 03, 2008 14:45 pm   Difficult preposition "under"
 

Oh it's quite abstract.
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