Hello everyone, I have a grammar question with regard to the usage of explanation. I don´t know if the proper preposition to be used after "explanation" is about or on . My guess , is on is more informal than about but I would like to hear from natives Thank you very much for your explanation...
Hi, In the following sentence, should I use "explanation" or "explanations"? Sentence1: I needed to tailor explanation(s) to each student. Sentence2: I commented on whether the explanations were clear enough. Thanks
Hola a tod@s, hace poco me explicaron que la palabra "explanation" puede ir acompañada de, entre otras, las preposiciones "on" o "of". El contexto en el que estaba la palabra era el siguiente ".. they have been able to provide scientific explanation of how it might work..." es correcto afirmar...
Hello everyone. I would like which of the prepositions to/for/of could be used in the sentence: "It provides an explanation to/for/of the problem" Thank you very much in advance.
To me "explanation why" seems like an abbreviated version of "explanation as to why", but I would like to know if either is more correct, or both are incorrect in the strictest sense.
These two sentences are from the Cambridge Online dictionary: Could you give me a quick explanation of how it works? What was her explanation for why she was late? I am not quite sure how to distinguish between the use of 'of' and 'for'. I tried asking different questions to see if the...
an explanation of something an explanation for something e.g. He changed all my sentences, but he didn't provide any explanations of/for the changes made. e.g. The document contains a list of the mistakes accompanied by explanations of/for why they are wrong. To me, both "of" and "for" sound very natural. Are they both acceptable? Many thanks!
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