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Nima nimaa Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
from vs. against
I want to defend society and its inhabitants from all ideologies, science included.
Would you tell me what the preposition from means here?
Although I have seen and known the preposition of might mean against, in fact, my profs. has just told me :
"the preposition from in this sentence never ever means against, it means just of".
Do you know why?
Because if you want to put the preposition of, then you must put a noun of place after the word inhabitants! for example:
Inhabitants of India not inhabitants from India
And, as there is not any place, so we have to put the preposition from instead of of.
Would you tell me what the preposition from means here?
Although I have seen and known the preposition of might mean against, in fact, my profs. has just told me :
"the preposition from in this sentence never ever means against, it means just of".
Do you know why?
Because if you want to put the preposition of, then you must put a noun of place after the word inhabitants! for example:
Inhabitants of India not inhabitants from India
And, as there is not any place, so we have to put the preposition from instead of of.
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nima nimaa Although I have seen and known the preposition of might mean against, in fact, my profs. has just told me :"the preposition from in this sentence never ever means against, it means just of". That is wrong.
- nima nimaa Although I have seen and known the preposition of might mean against, in fact, my profs.
- has just told me :"the preposition from in this sentence never ever means against, it means just of".
- That is wrong.
- In your sentence, "from" does mean "against".
- "of" makes no sense there.
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nima nimaaAlthough I have seen and known the preposition of might mean against, in fact, my profs. has just told me :"the preposition from in this sentence never ever means against, it means just of".That is wrong. In your sentence, "from" does mean "against". "of" makes no sense there.
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nima nimaaWould you tell me what the preposition from means here?http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/FROM?r=66
See entry #6
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Words cannot express my feelings, nor my thanks for all your help. Nevertheless, If "from" is a shortened way of saying "who come from" then is my prof right?
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In your original sentence, 'from' clearly does not mean 'who come from'.
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nima nimaaWords cannot express my feelings, nor my thanks for all your help. Nevertheless, If "from" is a shortened way of saying "who come from" then is my prof right?In certain contexts, e.g. "people from India", "from" can mean "who come from".
In your sentence, "from" goes with "defend". It does not mean "who come from". The meaning is totally di
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