this sentence is in one of my school books, so its gotta be correct, but why??? as long as I know its alwyays been : doing a reserach ON, not into
" THEY ARE DOING RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON PEOPLE'S HEALTH"
2006-12-14 18:27:14 · 4 answers · asked by whatevar 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
After the expression "to do research" you may use one of these two prepositions: "on" or "into". However, in this context, "into" sounds better because there´s another "ON" in the sentence. It´s just a matter of stylistics.
2006-12-15 03:15:43 · answer #1 · answered by Nice 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's reword it:
" THEY ARE DOING RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON MARY'S HEALTH". It's a possessive.
So then should it be PEOPLE'S or PEOPLES'?
The American Heritage explains at length that the "people" is a singular unit, therefore PEOPLE'S is correct.
-MM
2006-12-15 12:48:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's correct because it's write in the book.
2006-12-15 06:16:09 · answer #3 · answered by Roja 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because it also has "ON peoples health", and it doesnt make sense with two "on's" in there.
2006-12-15 08:22:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋