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Dominik Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Disappointed – with, at, in, by, about

Can theses prepositions be used in all situations interchangeably or each preposition has to be used in a specific situation?

for example :

He is disappointed with/ at/ in/ by/about his doughter. or He is disappointed in his doughter is only possible.

Thanks in advance!
  

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Hi, He's disappointed with his daughter. Regards

  • Hi, He's disappointed with his daughter.
  • Regards
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Hi,

He's disappointed with his daughter.

Regards
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Hi,

This is an abstract from Longman Contemporary Dictionary and I think it's clear enough:

Disappointed:

unhappy because something you hoped for did not happen, or because someone or something was not as good as you expected:

E.g:Dad seemed more disappointed than angry. disappointed customers

Disappointed at/with/about
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Thank for your replies.

The problem is that a dictionary gives only examples as you quoted.

I still don't know if all these pronouns for "disappointed" can be used interchangeably in all cases or each pronoun has to be used in a specyfic situation.
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for example:

They are disappointed at the result. Can I use with, in, by, about here?
Are there any rules?
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They are disappointed at the result. Can I use with, in, by, about here?- All sound reasonable to me except perhaps 'in'. There are no rules, really, beyond what Iman has posted. It is more a matter of collocation.

PS: One very relevant quote from the M-W Dictionary of English Usage:

"When disappointed is used with a preposition in contemporary writing, it may t
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Thank you very much Mr Micawber.

I'm asking because in Polish usually there is one option. You can use sometimes a different preposition but usually the meaning of the sentence also changes a little. Is the same in English?
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Which is correct: I am so disappointed at you or I am so disappointed in you

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