Talk:steal a march
Latest comment: 13 years ago by Mglovesfun in topic steal a march on
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Merge with steal a merge, keeping one as a redirect. I just don't know which way, or else I'd have done it by now. Mglovesfun (talk) 00:02, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
- You mean with [[steal a march]], right? —RuakhTALK 00:34, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
- I note a difference - one is transitive, the other not. But I observe a usage of "steal a march upon," in s:The First Men in the Moon/Chapter 23. — Pingkudimmi 01:26, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
- That's one way to look at it. Another way is to see "steal a march" as construing an optional nominal complement with "on" (or "upon"). By way of analogy: the adjective "equal" can take a complement with "to" ("X is equal to Y"), or the complement can be left implied ("X and Y are equal [to each other]"). I think this is the same thing. Personally I don't think [[word-or-phrase-that-can-take-a-complement + preposition-used-to-construe-said-complement]] warrants an entry, at least not usually, but a liberal application of redirects would likely be helpful. —RuakhTALK 01:43, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
- Err yes, it's late here. Sorry. Mglovesfun (talk) 01:58, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
- Redirect to steal a march with appropriate adjustments, including grammar contexts. DCDuring TALK 18:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
- Err yes, it's late here. Sorry. Mglovesfun (talk) 01:58, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
- Agree. — Pingkudimmi 21:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Done. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:59, 13 April 2011 (UTC)