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EugeneJB Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Is this correct?

"I have no one to socialize with in the countryside."


Is this correct grammar? Is it okay to have two prepositions together? Can someone please explain the different parts of the speech in this sentence please, especially ...to socialize with in the countryside?

  

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EugeneJB no one Words like 'nobody', 'somebody', and 'anybody' (also 'no one', 'someone', 'anyone') often take an infinitive modifier. The same is true of the corresponding inanimates like 'nothing', etc. You can invite someone, visit someone, or do something.

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EugeneJBno one

Words like 'nobody', 'somebody', and 'anybody' (also 'no one', 'someone', 'anyone') often take an infinitive modifier. The same is true of the corresponding inanimates like 'nothing', etc.

You can invite someone, visit someone, or do something. So you can have these expressions:

someone to invite (s