i found the following sentence in an english grammar book entitled essentials of english grammar writen by fuad mas’ud and my question is:
why did the following sentence use two prepositions at the same time?
-they are indefferent to for politics
is the sentence above correct?
Please Correct My English if it is wrong
Thanks in advance
6 comments
Swara Bhaskara
October 10, 2011
Hi Edo Muhammad,
Some verbs take two prepositions at the same time in their phrasal verbs. The following sentences are just some examples.
However, I am afraid there is a typo in the sentence in question. I believe the preposition for should be omitted from that sentence.
To make sure, please do some googling and compare the number of search results you get by using “indifferent to for” to that by using “indifferent to”. PS: Don’t forget to include the quotation marks in those key words.
Swara Bhaskara
October 10, 2011
And regarding your writing, I don’t have much to suggest, except,
edo_muhammad
October 11, 2011
i thank you so much sir, for your answer
Salam
October 13, 2011
It should be written as They are indifferent for politics
Salam
October 13, 2011
hmmmm…doubting my own sentence…haha
Swara Bhaskara
October 13, 2011
Indifferent:
1. (often followed by to) showing no care or concern; uninterested: He was indifferent to my pleas.
Source: indifferent