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Mentee Posted 14 years ago
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Kindly advise. Which of the following is correct?

Kindly advise. Which of the following is correct?
  1. Everyone had great expectations from him. (I feel this is correct, but I have not come across the same.)
  2. Everyone had great expectations of him.
In case there is any ambiguity in the previous two sentences, the third alternative I would reluctantly use is 'Everyone expected a lot from him' because I intend to use 'great expectations' in the sentence.
  

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Use ' for '; that is what seems usual to me.

— Mister Micawber

  • Use ' for '; that is what seems usual to me.
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Use 'for'; that is what seems usual to me.
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Hi,

'Of' seems best to me, if the idea is that they expect him to do something.

Clive
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Clive and Mister Micawber, thank you very much.That's right, Clive. The idea is 'they' expect 'him' to do something.
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