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Ritwik06 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Prepositions

01. The elderly man prepared himself for a life 01i00_____02i00 retirement.02br
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00I know 'after' is better, but is 'of' grammatically acceptable?02br
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002. Do you take his word 01i00_____02i00 mine?02br
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00against02br
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003. Rohini is very concerned 01i00_____02i00 her father's health.02br
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00about02br
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004. Altaf had many books and papers scattered all ____ the room.02br
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00over02br
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005. The Phoenix is a legendary bird that rises 01i00______02i00 its ashes.02br
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00from02br
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006. The police pulled the briefcase from 01i00___02i00 the table.02br
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00beside; seems awkward but cant the suitcase be placed beside the table??02br
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007. The mob rushed onto the pavement, everyone seemed angry 01i00____02i00 everyone else.02br
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00with02br
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008. The old woman looked 01i00_____02i00 the cupboard, searching for the photograph.02br
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00into02br
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00Please correct me if I am wrong anywhere.02br
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00Thanks.02br
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00regards,02br
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00 Ritwik0-
  

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01. "of" could work to show the type of life, even those 01i 00life of retirement02i 00 is a bit strange, but use "after" 02br 006. from "under" the table0-

— Marius Hancu

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  • "of" could work to show the type of life, even those 01i 00life of retirement02i 00 is a bit strange, but use "after" 02br 006.
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01. "of" could work to show the type of life, even those 01i00life of retirement02i00 is a bit strange, but use "after" 02br
006. from "under" the table0-
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01. The elderly man prepared himself for a life __ retirement.02br
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00I know 'after' is better, but is 'of' grammatically acceptable? 01font00Yes. I would say so.02font02br
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002. Do you take his word __ mine?02br
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00against 01font00Or 01i00o
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0Thanks a lot once again. 02br
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001. Is "of" gramatically acceptable?02br
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006. But, as I said, I agree with your answer but the thing is that the position of the suitcase is arbitrary. In that case can it be placed beside a table?0-
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0Thanks a lot Jim for those answers. 0-
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1b00from beside02b00 is possible, see at Google Gooks02br
05100 02br
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00search with:02br
00 "pulled * from beside the"02br
00* is a catch-all, quotation marks are necessary 02br
0500240hrefhttp://books.google.com/books?q=%22pulled+*+from+beside+the%22+&btnG=Search+Books241
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11b10from beside12b10 is possible, see at Google Gooks 12br
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15010 12br
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10search with:12br
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10 "pulled * from beside the"12br
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10* is a catch-all, quotation marks are necessary 12br
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I think 6 would be under

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Can it be 'angry at'

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The old women looked through the cupboard ,seems to go more with the act of searching than into.
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Shouldn't it be the old woman looked in the cupboard ?

Pls tell


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