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PreciousJones Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Preposition

Hi,

Hi,

I really appreciate the support you've given me with trying to find a suitable apartment for me. OR

I really appreciate the support you've given me on trying to find a suitable apartment for me.

Which is the most natural and correct or are both incorrect?

Thanks for caring!

  

Top answer

I think I have already answered this somewhere, but I have changed my position, as I see that they can have 2 meanings: either the listener actually helped find the apartment or the listener encouraged the speaker to do so himself. Which do you mean?

— Mister Micawber

  • I think I have already answered this somewhere, but I have changed my position, as I see that they can have 2 meanings: either the listener actually helped find the apartment or the listener encouraged the speaker to do so himself.
  • Which do you mean?
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I think I have already answered this somewhere, but I have changed my position, as I see that they can have 2 meanings: either the listener actually helped find the apartment or the listener encouraged the speaker to do so himself. Which do you mean?
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Let's say both, would they require two different prepositions?
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No; now I see that with 'for me' at the end, the listener must have actually been helping to locate an apartment:

I really appreciate the support you've given me by /in /zero preposition trying to find a suitable apartment for me.
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