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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

English Preposition usage

Which is apt ?

"With the best compliments from"

or

"With the best compliments of "

Pls give me an answer.

Mrs. Girija Satheesan
Chinmaya Vidyalaya

  

Top answer

Hello, Mrs. Satheesan, You have two popular choices, which should not be confused: 'With the (best) compliments of Mister Micawber' or 'With (best) compliments from Mister Micawber'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hello, Mrs.
  • Satheesan, You have two popular choices, which should not be confused: 'With the (best) compliments of Mister Micawber' or 'With (best) compliments from Mister Micawber'.
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Hello, Mrs. Satheesan,


You have two popular choices, which should not be confused:

'With the (best) compliments of Mister Micawber'

or

'With (best) compliments from Mister Micawber'.
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0"With the best compliments from" isused in common parlance, but when single noun is used with best compliments of is also appropriate. I think he latter suits best to personalised letter.02br
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0"With the best compliments from..." would be best. 02br
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00 Because giving a compliment requires an action from the originator, it would be "from."02br
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00 "Of" would be used if something existed within a person already.02br
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00 Make sense?02br
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