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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Dependent prepositions

Hello everybody, As we all know prepositions can be very tricky, especially when we are not sure which one to use and that's the reason for this post. I would like to know if there's like a general pattern to know which one to use without having to rely on dependent prepositions. Thank you...
  

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Anonymous would like to know if there's like a general pattern to know which one to use It's called a collocation. I'm a non-native, so I'm surely not the best one to give a piece of advice. Nevertheless, when I'm not sure which preposition should be used, I always consult good English-English dictionaries, especially those with exemplary sentences in their entries.

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  • Anonymous would like to know if there's like a general pattern to know which one to use It's called a collocation.
  • I'm a non-native, so I'm surely not the best one to give a piece of advice.
  • Nevertheless, when I'm not sure which preposition should be used, I always consult good English-English dictionaries, especially those with exemplary sentences in their entries.
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Anonymouswould like to know if there's like a general pattern to know which one to use
It's called a collocation. I'm a non-native, so I'm surely not the best one to give a piece of advice. Nevertheless, when I'm not sure which preposition should be used, I always consult good English-English dictionaries, especially those with exemplary sentences in their ent
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I always consult good English-English dictionaries, especially those with exemplary sentences in their entries.
exemplary sentences?
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tamguatlay I always consult good English-English dictionaries, especially those with exemplary sentences in their entries.exemplary sentences?
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Anonymouswithout having to rely on dependent prepositions
I don't know what dependent prepositions are, but in any case, there are very few ways to predict which preposition goes with which verb or noun. It's a matter of learning which prepositions usually follow certain verbs and which prepositions usually precede certain nouns.

You can do some self
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