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Rajesh jain Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Prepositon

I face a lot of difficulty in choosing a correct preposition in fill ups and other kind of questions I encounter in exams that are persnickety about the accurate usage of preposition. How should I improve my preposition usage? How to judge the correct preposition in the following sentences-
1. He is ill (of/with) typhoid.
2.He killed the enemy (with/by) his sword.
"With" is correct in both sentences . Why is "with" correct in both ?How to judge this?
  

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What they want here is the most frequently heard usage today. "Ill of typhoid" is possible but is archaic-sounding and rarely heard today. "By his sword" is possible but is archaic-sounding and rarely heard today.

— Anonymous

  • What they want here is the most frequently heard usage today.
  • "Ill of typhoid" is possible but is archaic-sounding and rarely heard today.
  • "By his sword" is possible but is archaic-sounding and rarely heard today.
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What they want here is the most frequently heard usage today. "Ill of typhoid" is possible but is archaic-sounding and rarely heard today. "By his sword" is possible but is archaic-sounding and rarely heard today.
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How should I improve my preposition usage? Read a lot of English.Emotion: geeked
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