tzfujimino
Key Member
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2007
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Japanese
- Home Country
- Japan
- Current Location
- Japan
Hello.
I know 'to bring about something' is a phrasal verb meaning 'to make something happen'.
For example:
What brought about the change in his attitude?
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bring#bring__92
Is 'to bring something about' possible? (I'd like to ask about the word order.)
'To bring about the change' sounds perfectly OK to me, but 'to bring the change about' doesn't. However, 'to bring about it/that' sounds strange while 'to bring it/that about' sounds OK to me.
Thank you.
I know 'to bring about something' is a phrasal verb meaning 'to make something happen'.
For example:
What brought about the change in his attitude?
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bring#bring__92
Is 'to bring something about' possible? (I'd like to ask about the word order.)
'To bring about the change' sounds perfectly OK to me, but 'to bring the change about' doesn't. However, 'to bring about it/that' sounds strange while 'to bring it/that about' sounds OK to me.
Thank you.