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Elcid Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Is it disappoint from or disappoint in?

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00I have a doubt regarding the preposition that follows disappoint. I used to use disappoint from in the sentences. But I heard "diappoint in" in the movie then I searched this on google and the results for "diappoint from" were like few compared to "disappoint in". Moreover is it wrong to say " I am disappointed from you" and is the correct version is "I am diappointed in you" ? Please explain the cases where we use "disappoint from" if we do.02br
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0 I can't think of any examples where we would say disappoint from. We are either disappointed in something or by something or someone. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0 I can't think of any examples where we would say disappoint from.
  • We are either disappointed in something or by something or someone.
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0 I can't think of any examples where we would say disappoint from. We are either disappointed in something or by something or someone. 0-
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0disappointed 01b00in02b00/01b00with02b00 01u00persons02u02br
00 disappointed in him 69,00002br
00 disappointed with him 19,40002br
00 (disappointed with him) 8302br
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00disappointed 01b00with02b00/01b00in02b00/0
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0 "I am disappointed from you" is wrong. It must be "disappointed in you".02br
00 "I am disappointed from the movie" is wrong. It must be "disappointed in the movie".02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10"I am disappointed from you" is wrong. It must be "disappointed in you".12br
10"I am disappointed from the movie" is wrong. It must be "disappointed in the movie".12br
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00Do you say only "in" is correct?
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0 "with" is also possible, but it's not really even a good second choice, in my opinion.02br
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00 Besides, I was restricting the choices to those mentioned in the subject header. Given the choice "Is it disappoint from or disappoint in?" (subject line), the choice must be "in".02br
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0 I'm still stuck on this issue. The choice of the prep for "disappointed" seems divert. I'm wondering if there is any rule.02br
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00gutenberg02br
00was disappointed in/with/at/by 586/106/172/10002br
00ac.uk02br
00was disappointed in/with/at/by 171/172/178/18402br
00uk02br
00was disappointed in/with/at/by 16,300/6
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10"with" is also possible, but it's not really even a good second choice, in my opinion.12blockquote
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00Could you explain the reason?02br
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0No. I can't really explain it. I think it's that most people around me use "in" so often in that context that everything else sounds like less than the best choice. I did label it as my opinion, i.e., a matter of personal taste! And, please realize, if someone were to use "with" or "by" or "at", I probably wouldn't bat an eyelash. 050010id1
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0 'As a not-so-well-trained singer, I 01b00disappoint from02b00 the minute I open my mouth.'0-
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00Thank you for the reply. I've tried to find rules for choice among "in", "with", "at" and "by" for "dissapointed". But there seems to be no rule. For example, even in the case such a high-register word like "the court decision" as the object, all of four prepositions are used. Very interesting.02br
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