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EyeSeeYou Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Help with Prepositions.

0It drives me crazy not knowing exactly which prepositions are correct in these cases:02br
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001) When I want to indicate that Sb or Sth belong to Sth. Example: Bono is the singer 01font00to/from/of/in02font00 the band U2? Which ones are correct?02br
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002) 01font00On/in/at02font00 the film/sentence/song/post. 01font00On/in/at02font00 that case. What about thhose?02br
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00Thanks for your time.0-
  

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0 1) "to" is not correct. "from" can be used if you see Bono on the street (lucky you), "HEY!!! ".

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  • 0 1) "to" is not correct.
  • "from" can be used if you see Bono on the street (lucky you), "HEY!!!
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  • Here, Bono is removed from the rest of the band.
  • "of" and "in" I see as pretty much the same.
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0 1) "to" is not correct. "from" can be used if you see Bono on the street (lucky you), "HEY!!! AREN'T YOU BONO FROM THE BAND U2?????". Here, Bono is removed from the rest of the band. "of" and "in" I see as pretty much the same. You are looking at the band as a whole, maybe from a photo album or picture in a magazine. The singer of the band in this picture is Bono, he is the one in the cen
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02) In the film, sentence, song. Here we are talking about a part of a whole, so we need in. At a point or on a location. We have neither with these three words, so we have to use in.02br
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00With "post", it depends on the context. I think "in" should be used, based on the three words above. However, we could say "at the post" if the post relates to the location of a
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01) I was asking because I've seen many magazines and newspapers write "Mr. X, the lead singer 01font01b00to02b02font00 the bandY", or "The video-clip 01b01font00to02font02b00 the song W is fantastic".02br
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002) Could you rephrase the point number 2? I d
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0 Bono is in the band U2.02br
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00 The band U2 consists of several people. So it will be natural to say he is in the band U2.02br
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00 In the film I saw ......02br
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00 Let us take a TV program. I saw Mr. Bush in that prog
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