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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

made of / from

Can I say,

The cooking oil is made of / from oil palm.
  

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Hi, You'll probably find this page useful: "Made of" versus "Made from" -- from BBC Learning English.

  • Hi, You'll probably find this page useful: "Made of" versus "Made from" -- from BBC Learning English.
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Hi,

You'll probably find this page useful: "Made of" versus "Made from" -- from BBC Learning English.
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Hey, I can see why you would get confused with this, basically in most cases you can use either 'from' or 'of', I tend to say 'of' but that's just my dialect; in this case it would be better to say: " cooking oil is made from palm oil", it sounds better but you could say 'of', either way you will be understood; if there is a technicality about it most natives wont know and hence wont notice the e

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