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Kinston AG Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Preposition by or with
Hi,
Which one is correct?
1. The hall is covered by the trees.
2. The hall is covered with the trees.
Thanks.
Which one is correct?
1. The hall is covered by the trees.
2. The hall is covered with the trees.
Thanks.
Top answer
I can think of "lined with" or "surrounded by", but neither "covered by" nor "covered with" make sense to me in that context.
- I can think of "lined with" or "surrounded by", but neither "covered by" nor "covered with" make sense to me in that context.
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I can think of "lined with" or "surrounded by", but neither "covered by" nor "covered with" make sense to me in that context.
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Kinston AGWhich one is correct?Suppose you're looking at a photo of the exterior of a concert hall, but you can't see all of it clearly because there are so many trees in the foreground. You could say, You can barely see the concert hall. The hall is [covered/obscured] by (the) trees.
The second one doesn't make much sense to me, and neither
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