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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Preposition usage

It seems to me that there is a lot of incorrect usage of prepositions. Here is an example:

provide instructions on how to process

Is this incorrect?

I think a better way to put it is: provide instructions for processing

I also see a lot of "the below." Is this correct? Has it recently moved into acceptability?

Thank you!!!
  

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There's nothing wrong with 'information on' or even 'information about'. I like your alternative though - it's good to be concise where possible. When it comes to correct/incorrect use of prepositions, you also have to take into account the different varieties of English.

— Tinyteflteacher

  • There's nothing wrong with 'information on' or even 'information about'.
  • I like your alternative though - it's good to be concise where possible.
  • When it comes to correct/incorrect use of prepositions, you also have to take into account the different varieties of English.
  • As a British English speaker I'd say that 'different than' is wrong (it should be 'different from').
  • But I'm pretty sure that the American English speakers out there would completely disagree with me.
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There's nothing wrong with 'information on' or even 'information about'. I like your alternative though - it's good to be concise where possible.
When it comes to correct/incorrect use of prepositions, you also have to take into account the different varieties of English. As a British English speaker I'd say that 'different than' is wrong (it should be 'different from'). But I'm pretty sur
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