| 词组 | in connection with |
| 释义 | in connection with In connection with and one or two other phrases containing connection are disparaged as wordy in such books at Phythian 1979, Janis 1984, Copperud 1960, 1964, 1970, 1980, and Shaw 1975, 1987. The usual argument is that some simple preposition—about is the one most often mentioned—is preferable. The guess here is that the commentators have paid little attention to the way their corrections would read in a range of actual contexts. • Our financial practices put the Company in a very favorable position in connection with the currency disturbances in Europe —Paul E. Wallendorf, quoted in General Electric Investor, Summer 1971 • "A favorable position about the currency disturbances"? Not likely. • The World Bank ... was founded in connection with the United Nations at the end of World War II — Current Biography, July 1965 About? By? From? At? Of? Concerning? Several of these substitutes are clearly impossible; others will produce a meaningful sentence but not a sentence with the same meaning as this sentence. • These options, granted in connection with the acquisition of various corporations —Annual Report, Phillips Petroleum Co., 1970 Our files contain many examples like those above where it is not easy to replace the phrase with one of the suggested single-word prepositions. True, the phrase does also occur in simpler contexts where a shorter preposition is a viable option: • ... offered the following in connection with this aspect of the situation —AA VP Bulletin, December 1967 • One thing I want to point out... in connection with these prices —Richard Joseph, Your Trip to Britain, 1954 In connection with, then, can sometimes be replaced by a shorter preposition and sometimes not. You as a writer are going to have to make that decision. The automatic substitution of about or concerning can result in gibberish. |
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