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Grammar

Preposition use

difference between tell of and tell about?

  

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Grandmother, tell us about the time you took Mama to the big city. ) Grandmother, tell us of the time you took Mama to the big city. (Very uncommon.

  • Grandmother, tell us about the time you took Mama to the big city.
  • ) Grandmother, tell us of the time you took Mama to the big city.
  • (Very uncommon.
  • We don't use this pattern in everyday conversation.
  • )
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Grandmother, tell us about the time you took Mama to the big city. (Very common.)

Grandmother, tell us of the time you took Mama to the big city. (Very uncommon. We don't use this pattern in everyday conversation. You will see it in books written a long time ago, especially in fiction.)

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