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HUBLOT Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Made "from / of" ice

Hello.

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/see-working-pickup-truck-made-ice-because-canada-180432404.html

With some incredible carving and ingenuity, the team created the Ice Truck — a fully drivable pickup made (almost) entirely from ice.

http://www.quora.com/Julie-Prentice/Fun-Funny-Laugh-Laughing/Cokes-Newest-Bottle-Is-Made-Entirely-Of-Ice

Coca-Cola recently introduced bottles made entirely of ice.

Are both "from ice" and "of ice" correct?
  

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HUBLOT Are both "from ice" and "of ice" correct? Yes. "from" focuses on the process of making something "from" some raw material; "of" focuses on the material itself.

— CalifJim

  • HUBLOT Are both "from ice" and "of ice" correct?
  • Yes.
  • "from" focuses on the process of making something "from" some raw material; "of" focuses on the material itself.
  • CJ
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HUBLOTAre both "from ice" and "of ice" correct?
Yes. "from" focuses on the process of making something "from" some raw material; "of" focuses on the material itself.

CJ
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