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HUBLOT Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
"get by on" "get by with"
Hi teachers,
get by[phrasal verb]
1 : to do enough or to do well enough to avoid failure
? He's doing very well in his history classes, but he's barely getting by in math.
2 : to be able to live or to do what is needed by using what you have even though you do not have much
? We don't have a lot of money, but we get by. — often + on ? How can you get by on such a small salary? — often + with ? We got by with a minimum of clothing when we went camping.
Are "get by on" and "get by with" interchangeable?
get by[phrasal verb]
1 : to do enough or to do well enough to avoid failure
? He's doing very well in his history classes, but he's barely getting by in math.
2 : to be able to live or to do what is needed by using what you have even though you do not have much
? We don't have a lot of money, but we get by. — often + on ? How can you get by on such a small salary? — often + with ? We got by with a minimum of clothing when we went camping.
Are "get by on" and "get by with" interchangeable?
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HUBLOT Are "get by on" and "get by with" interchangeable? No, as you should be able to see without our help, 'By' is adverbial, and it can stand alone or be followed by a variety of prepositional phrases. We can get by.
- HUBLOT Are "get by on" and "get by with" interchangeable?
- No, as you should be able to see without our help, 'By' is adverbial, and it can stand alone or be followed by a variety of prepositional phrases.
- We can get by.
- We can get by in math.
- We can get by on a small salary.
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HUBLOTAre "get by on" and "get by with" interchangeable?No, as you should be able to see without our help, 'By' is adverbial, and it can stand alone or be followed by a variety of prepositional phrases.
We can get by.
We can get by in math.
We can get by on a small salary.
We can get by with little clothing
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Thank you, MM.
We can get by on a small salary.
We can get by with a small salary.
Are both correct?
We can get by on a small salary.
We can get by with a small salary.
Are both correct?
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Get by on=get by in=get by with
they meant managing to live or to do particular thing
I hope it is useful ^^
they meant managing to live or to do particular thing
I hope it is useful ^^
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