Over in this sentences.

[Polyester]

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]

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

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

not a teacher

 

[emsr2d2]

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]

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

 

[Tdol]

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]

If you want, you can give me reason.

mikenewyork

 

[MikeNewYork]

Is a reason necessary?

 

[Matthew Wai]

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]

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

 

[MikeNewYork]

I thought colons were body parts. :lol:

 

[Raymott]

"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]

I thought colons were body parts. :lol:

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

 

[MikeNewYork]

:lol:

 

[Polyester]

Is a reason necessary?

If not necessary, why you say that to me?

 

[MikeNewYork]

It was because of your first post in this thread.

 

[Matthew Wai]

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.

Not a teacher.

 

[Tdol]

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.