Re: Grammar question: where to find the document?

[SB <sylvia -dot- braunstein -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Thanks to all for the feedback (actually, this was just a simple title to
point out the location of the documents).



On 6/25/08, Odile Sullivan-Tarazi <odile -at- mindspring -dot- com> wrote:
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> What is the context?  Is it a section head, a lead-in to a list, something
> else?  How are the parallel elements phrased?
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> What may be striking you as odd is the combination of "where" and "to."
> You may be thinking of the prohibition against combining "where" and "at"
> (as in, "where is it at?") because the "at" is redundant.  The question
> "where is it?" says it all.  But I don't think "where to find it" is
> incorrect.  But the context will tell you whether that is the best way to
> express the thought or whether there is another, better way.
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> If you have a series of parallel elements each of which follows this same
> style, the overall effect might be just fine.
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> To take a really simple example --
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> Where to find the document
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> How to use the document
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> But in a different textual context, it might be that another form would
> work better.  "Location of the document," "To locate the document,"
> "Locating the document," whatever.
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> Odile
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> At 6:02 PM +0300 6/25/08, SB wrote:
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> Is this correct? Where *TO* find the document?
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> For some reason, this does not sound right to me but I can't figure out
> why.
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