Matt Ashmore Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I was wondering what people do with prepositions and linking words.. words like 'on', 'and', 'in'. I was eating my breakfast this morning which happened to be marmalade and butter on toast. And I found myself wondering how many people had pictures of such a breakfast on Alamy. As I had my computer at hand, I thought I'd have a look. But in doing so, I realised that I got different results if I searched for 'butter and marmalade on toast' compared with if I searched for 'butter marmalade toast'. But I was wondering what other people do.. make sure they're in the caption? Add them to the 'comprehensive words' section? Edit: Correcting bad English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Try it. "And" is ignored- beans and toast returns the same number of results as beans toast. On and In are not ignored, so if it's important, leave them in. If a phrase including them is relevant, put it in quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoM1ke Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Try it. "And" is ignored- beans and toast returns the same number of results as beans toast. On and In are not ignored, so if it's important, leave them in. If a phrase including them is relevant, put it in quotes. Back on this old chestnut but I think that you don't separate them with commas, rather than add quotes e.g. white bread,butter,beans on toast, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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