Rotter Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Of
The report includes rankings on how safe it is to be a mother around the world.
Factors such as maternal mortality, the percentage of women using modern contraception and adult female literacy rates are combined to make up the "Mothers' Index".
Of the 125 countries listed, Sweden comes first, while other Scandinavian countries dominate the top 10. The US and UK tie for 10th place.
Niger is at the bottom, with nine other African countries filling the 10 last places.
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Is the word 'of' correct in the third sentence? I haven't learn to write this way.
If it is correctly used, you could write 'Of the Scandinavian countries I visited, Sweden is the worst'.
I would like to hear your comments.
Factors such as maternal mortality, the percentage of women using modern contraception and adult female literacy rates are combined to make up the "Mothers' Index".
Of the 125 countries listed, Sweden comes first, while other Scandinavian countries dominate the top 10. The US and UK tie for 10th place.
Niger is at the bottom, with nine other African countries filling the 10 last places.
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Is the word 'of' correct in the third sentence? I haven't learn to write this way.
If it is correctly used, you could write 'Of the Scandinavian countries I visited, Sweden is the worst'.
I would like to hear your comments.
Top answer
"of" has been used correctly in the passage and in your sentence. And we can use superlatives with the sentences beginning with "of" Of all my friends I like Tony the most.
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"of" has been used correctly in the passage and in your sentence.
We use "of" with a mening close to "among" in such sentences.And we can use superlatives with the sentences beginning with "of"
Of all my friends I like Tony the most.
We use "of" with a mening close to "among" in such sentences.And we can use superlatives with the sentences beginning with "of"
Of all my friends I like Tony the most.
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