Is the preposition "of" correct in this sentence?
The idea that reading is a general, transferable skill unrelated of the subject matter is essentially wrong.
The idea that reading is a general, transferable skill unrelated to the subject matter is essentially wrong.
I've just come across sentence 1, but I don't think "unrelated of" is correct and it should be "unrelated to" as in sentence 2.
But if "unrelated of" is still correct, though it's just uncommon , what does "of" mean in sentence 1? Does "of" means "belonging to"?
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"unrelated of" is wrong. It should be "unrelated to". (I have found extremely sparse evidence of use of "unrelated of" by apparently competent native English writers.
- "unrelated of" is wrong.
- It should be "unrelated to".
- (I have found extremely sparse evidence of use of "unrelated of" by apparently competent native English writers.
- It may be a very rare or obsolete combination, or may always be a mistake or misprint.
- )
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"unrelated of" is wrong. It should be "unrelated to". (I have found extremely sparse evidence of use of "unrelated of" by apparently competent native English writers. It may be a very rare or obsolete combination, or may always be a mistake or misprint. In any case, in ordinary English you can consider it incorrect.)
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