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Chivalry Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

"Among" / "of"?

In expressions like "The primary concerns among all",
what's the determinant of using the preposition "among" instead of "of"?

I need to know thoroughly about how to apply these two prepositions to different circumstances, your help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!:)
  

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chivalry what's the determinant of using the preposition "among" instead of "of"? I would use 'of' in the first place.

— Mister Micawber

  • chivalry what's the determinant of using the preposition "among" instead of "of"?
  • I would use 'of' in the first place.
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chivalrywhat's the determinant of using the preposition "among" instead of "of"?
I would use 'of' in the first place.
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Could you maybe explain why??? Based on what principle should he preposition "of" be chosen over "among" in this case?
Mister Micawber chivalrywhat's the determinant of using the preposition "among" instead of "of"?I would use 'of' in the first place.
Thanks in advance!:D
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chivalry Based on what principle should he preposition "of" be chosen over "among" in this case?
There is no obvious group; it means the top concern, I suppose.
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Mister Micawber chivalry Based on what principle should he preposition "of" be chosen over "among" in this case?There is no obvious group; it means the top concern, I suppose.
OH NO!
I meant to only quote the "idiom" only, which usually is followed by words that, together with the idiom, complete a full sentence, which usually indicates a specific group o
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In expressions like "The primary concerns among/of all", what's the determinant of using the preposition "among" instead of "of"?

There is no idiom there, it is just two different prepositions. As I think I just said, 'among' would apply to within groups (of concerns) while 'of' would apply to the top or main (concern, etc). That is a generalization, but I can be no more specific
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In expressions like "The primary concerns among/of all", what's the determinant of using the preposition "among" instead of "of"?

There is no idiom there, it is just two different prepositions. As I think I just said, 'among' would apply to within groups (of concerns) while 'of' would apply to the top or main (concern, etc). That is a generalization, but I can be no more specific
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