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Sat 12 Sep, 2015 08:34 am
Is it correct to use 'towards'?
-John describes the process as a ride with a man in a carriage, expressing his different notion __ life.
My friend says after 'notion', only 'of' is possible; though I have to admit that I don't find one single sentence from dictionaries to support me, Google Books has some showing 'towards', but I don't know whether they are by natives.
After notion or notions I would certainly use
of, about, concerning, relating to, on the topic of, etc
but I would not use towards.
@WBYeats,
in the given context, towards does not sound like something a native English speaker would use
Excellent answers. Thank you.
To continue the discussion about that preposition, could I use 'towards' here?
-[...] owing to majority influence __ the culture and other things.
I think OVER and ON sounds like the influence is more direct; but 'towards' means the influence is less direct; do you agree?
No, I don't agree. "Influence towards" isn't "less direct"; it's wrong.
@Tes yeux noirs,
Good answer. Thank you.
But do you think that I was correct in saying that 'on' or 'over' should be used there after 'influence'?
@WBYeats,
"Toward" would be ok to use. It means "in regard to, regarding."
@selectmytutor,
Is your 1st language UK English?
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