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Reply Thu 25 Aug, 2016 02:03 pm
I am bothered.

Is it grammatically correct to write "there's no point living" or must you write"there's no point in living." when i speak, the first sounds natural to me, but i haven't found it written online.


Thanks.
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Reply Thu 25 Aug, 2016 02:16 pm
@perennialloner,
I'd say both. I'm not an english teacher much less a book editor, but I qualify as opinionated, thus I say the first example strikes me as an unfinished sentence, such as "there's no point in living with roommates I can't stand". The second example strikes me as more serious, as in the person may be looking into local bridges to jump from into peril.

This is my personal take and likely not corroborated anywhere in print.

And, by the way, I don't think I welcomed you to a2k yet. I read your posts with interest.
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Reply Thu 25 Aug, 2016 02:52 pm
Both are grammatically correct and could be used as:

There's no point living if I can't have chocolate ice cream.

There's no point in living without chocolate ice cream.

perennialloner
 
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Reply Thu 25 Aug, 2016 05:34 pm
@PUNKEY,
Thank you both!
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