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dannyville · Anmeldungsdatum: 11.03.2008 Beiträge: 7

Add prepositions to this text where necessary. sometimes no preposition is need.

please try to correct the wrong prepositions I filled in.

Dear Margret,

First of all, let me apologise for (1) not having written to (2) you for
so long!
Since we arrived back from (3) our holidays, we have been very busy
with (4) our work - and you know how bad I am at (5) writing letters.

The adventure of travelling on (6) the city train goes on. Recently the
autumn schedules were introduced, and my train is now supposed to leave from (7) here a few minutes later than before. The fact that it always leaves at ( Rock

least ten minutes late and never arrives in (9) time is something which has escaped the notice of British Rail!

____(10) last week we were returning from a hard day in (11) London

when we got to Oxford. A voice came over the loudspeaker saying that we would
be a few minutes late but assuring us that we would be in (12) time to
catch our connection to Banbury. Needless to say, when we were in(13) the
middle of the Nottinghamshire countryside and still two miles from (14) the
village, the train stopped with(out) (15) no reason. We sat together for about half
an hour and then all the able-bodied passengers climbed out (16) of the train
and on (17) the track. We then covered the two miles to the next station
by (1 Rock

foot. I made a call on my portable phone and a group of us went
_____(19) home by (20) taxi.
Betsy (the dog) has been causing me problems again. We have nice neighbours and

I get in (21) with the lady next door very well. But she keeps rabbits in
her back garden and Betsy would love to eat one. The other week, Mrs Blackwell
(that's the neighbour) came round to say she was going on (22) holiday.
They have a cottage on (23) the Isle of Man every year. Anyway, she set
off (24) early one morning and all was fine until Betsy came through (25)
the door a few hours later with one of the Blackwell rabbits between her teeth. The poor rabbit looked terrible - dead, of course, and dirty all over as though it had been fighting for (26) its life - which it probably had! I didn't know what to do, so I put the poor thing in (27) the bath, washed it with (2 Rock

my best shampoo, dried it with the hair dryer (it had lovely, fluffy, white hair), and I put it back into its cage - dead of natural causes. I was red with (29) embarrassment two weeks later, when Mrs Blackwell came round again, looking rather pale. She told me that one of her rabbits had actually died just before they left for their holiday, and that they had solemnly buried it at (30) the bottom of the garden. Then she said: We came back to find it back in its cage - and it looked absolutely beautiful!' I hated to tell her that it was Betsy who had raised it from the dead, but we had a laugh about it in the end! Well, that's all for now. Take care of yourselves. Love, Pauline

MI · Administrator Anmeldungsdatum: 22.01.2005 Beiträge: 1140 Wohnort: München

Ich habe zwei Sachen gefunden:

15: with - ohne "out", wobei "without" ohne "no" besser wäre...
21: Es heißt: "to get on with so."

Gruß
MI

Jack · Ehrenmoderator Anmeldungsdatum: 09.04.2006 Beiträge: 549

Aber wäre es bei 15 nicht schöner - vorausgesetzt das "no" soll stehen bleiben - wenn man "for no reason" benutzen würde?

MI · Administrator Anmeldungsdatum: 22.01.2005 Beiträge: 1140 Wohnort: München

Absolut Jack, da würde ich dir rechtgeben (auch wenn, dass sei dem Fragesteller noch einmal gesagt, das andere wohl nicht falsch ist). Ich wollte wohl gestern unbedingt an dem "with" festhalten Big Laugh

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Gruß
MI

Jack · Ehrenmoderator Anmeldungsdatum: 09.04.2006 Beiträge: 549

Nee, falsch ist das nicht, das hätte ich sonst erwähnt Augenzwinkern

MI · Administrator Anmeldungsdatum: 22.01.2005 Beiträge: 1140 Wohnort: München

Klar - die Info war auch nur als letzte Klarstellung für den Fragesteller gedacht smile

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Gruß
MI