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Is the preposition repeated when there are two prepositional complements in Italian?

Example

  • L'inglese è utile nella diplomazia e il turismo.
  • L'inglese è utile nella diplomazia e nel turismo.
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You have to repeat the preposition if it is articulated as in your exemple:

  • L'inglese è utile nella diplomazia e nel turismo.

The repetition is optional if the preposition is simple:

  • L'inglese è parlato in Inghilterra e Scozia
  • L'inglese è parlato in Inghilterra e in Scozia

Omitting the repetition is more common in this case (exemple), but repeating it, you put a stronger separation between the elements of the list, sometime giving a different nuance of meaning or helping avoiding ambiguities

  • L'inglese non è parlato nelle province di Pesaro e Urbino e di Monza e Brianza

Technically speaking, I think that if you don't repeat the preposition it counts as a single complement (not sure though, please correct me if I'm wrong), but I guess it was not the goal of the question.

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  • From the examples, I assume that "if the preposition is simple" means "if the preposition is not accompanied by an article"? Commented Nov 10, 2020 at 16:54
  • @AlanEvangelista: From Treccani dictionary: "Si dicono preposizioni articolate le parole risultanti dalla fusione di una preposizione semplice (...) con le forme dell’articolo determinativo".
    – Charo
    Commented Nov 10, 2020 at 17:34

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