Over in this sentences.

Polyester · Mar 12, 2015

Amnesty International condemned the Russian officials' decision to go after the activists, saying that a "threat to bring criminal charges" against the rights activists "raises alarming questions over the fairness of the investigation."

Can i omit "over" in above sentences?

If not, provide me reason.....don't just say NO!

tedmc · Mar 12, 2015

You need a preposition there. It could be "over/on/of".

Say: [STRIKE]Provide[/STRIKE] tell/give me the reason.

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emsr2d2 · Mar 12, 2015

Polyester said:
Amnesty International condemned the Russian officials' decision to go after the activists, saying that a "threat to bring criminal charges" against the rights activists "raises alarming questions over the fairness of the investigation."

Can i omit "over" in above sentences?

If not, provide me reason.....don't just say NO!

The imperative in your final sentence isn't likely to get us to help you. Try using "please" in future.

As tedmc said, you can't omit "over" unless you replace it with something else. I would add "about" to the list of potential replacements tedmc gave you.

MikeNewYork · Mar 12, 2015

Polyester, there is an error in your title. The word "sentences" should be "sentence". Do you need a reason?

Tdol · Mar 12, 2015

Preposition usage is based on patterns of usage rather than logical reason. You could change the preposition and use about, but you need something there.

Polyester · Mar 12, 2015

If you want, you can give me reason.

mikenewyork

MikeNewYork · Mar 12, 2015

Is a reason necessary?

Matthew Wai · Mar 12, 2015

emsr2d2 said:
you can't omit "over" unless you replace it with something else.

Can it be replaced with a preposition such as a colon or a dash?

emsr2d2 · Mar 12, 2015

When did colons and dashes become prepositions? They're punctuation marks.

MikeNewYork · Mar 12, 2015

I thought colons were body parts. :lol:

Raymott · Mar 12, 2015

Polyester said:
"raises alarming questions over the fairness of the investigation."

No, you can't. The rights activists can question the fairness of the investigation. But that's not what the sentence says.

Raymott · Mar 12, 2015

MikeNewYork said:
I thought colons were body parts. :lol:

Droll. It is except in those who have had hemicolectomies, and are therefore left with semicolons.

MikeNewYork · Mar 13, 2015

:lol:

Polyester · Mar 13, 2015

MikeNewYork said:
Is a reason necessary?

If not necessary, why you say that to me?

MikeNewYork · Mar 13, 2015

It was because of your first post in this thread.

Matthew Wai · Mar 13, 2015

emsr2d2 said:
When did colons and dashes become prepositions? They're punctuation marks.

Sorry, it was my careless blunder. I meant to ask whether the preposition in question could be replaced by either of the punctuation marks.

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Tdol · Mar 13, 2015

Polyester said:
If you want, you can give me reason.

The reason is simple- we do it because everyone else does. That might not sound scientific, but much of language use is based on simply copying what everyone else does- when many people do something, patterns form.

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