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dehardheaded Oct 27th, 2008 02:11 pm

Prognosticate 'as to' ...
 
What is the difference between these two sentences if any?

prognosticate as to this election's outcome.
prognosticate this election's outcome.

susan53 Oct 27th, 2008 02:27 pm

Re: Prognosticate 'as to' ...
 
No difference. try searching on Google. "prognosticate" can be used either just with a direct object, or with a prepostion like "on" or "about" or - as here - "as to".

More interesting to me is "this election's outcome" rather than "the outcome of this election". What's the explanation of the possibility of using the 's possessive there ?

dehardheaded Oct 28th, 2008 12:13 am

election's outcome
 
Well I think theoretically it must not (or at least ought not) be used that way, but I see that people are using this form, widely.

An article in NY Times that uses this phrase. <---


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