"BY" versus "THROUGH"

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Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

0Hello, Joven and welcome to English Forums. That's a nice beginning to your website-- good luck with it. 02br
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00'by' indicates the agent; 'through' indicates the medium or method. In Christian (as in most religious and legal text) it is common to rephrase a point in a variety of ways for the purposes of stress, clarification, or force. Therefore, it may be that this passage does not intend any major difference between the meanings of the paired phrases; then again, I am not a theologist. 0-

Joven · Answer

0 Nice help Mister Micawber! would you mind to give me best example for me to really know if it indicates MEDIUM/METHOD or THE AGENT? 02br
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00Don't worry if you are not a theologist. it just happened that i gave an example from the bible. ^_^ 0-

Mister Micawber · Answer

0The agent is what we call the subject in an active voice sentence-- the doer of the verb action: 02br
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00'My bicycle was stolen by a Mesopotamian.'-- in this passive sentence, the Mesopotamian is the agent, and in its active form it would read: 'A Mesopotamian stole my bike'. 02br
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00The method or medium is, welll, just what it suggests-- the way the action occurred: 02br
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00'My bicycle was stolen through trickery and deceit'. Now, of course, you may find this sentence in the form: 'my bicycle was stolen by trickery and deceit', and 'trickery and deceit' remain the method, and not two agents named Trickery and Deceit. There are also other prepositions that serve these functions: via, with, etc. 02br
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00Therefore, you must use raw brain power to determine logically whether the noun is an agent or a medium-- or a timespan or other adverbial. 0-

Joven · Answer

0Now I understand very clear. Thanks for your Help. I really appreciate it. May *** bless you. 050010id1

Guest · Answer

0 I am always confused how to differentiate the meaning of By and Through. 02br
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00For example : We are sending the documents through courier or 02br
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00 Through courier, we sent the documents / by courier, we sent the documents. 02br
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00I believe that both are not correct, either it is BY or THROUGH courier. 02br
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00Kindly reply to my email ID : (removed by moderator). 01b00Dear Johnson02b001.It is not wise to post your e-mail address on an open forum therefore I have removed it. 2. we do not send personal replies by e-mail - all answers appear on the public forum for the benefit of all learners. Please do not keep requesting personal replies.02br
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00Thank you very much for your clarifications in advance 02br
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00Best regards, 02br
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00Johnson 0-

Mister Micawber · Answer

0Hello Johnson, and welcome to English Forums. Why not register, so that you will no longer be an anonymous 'Guest"?-- it is absolutely free! 02br
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00'We sent the documents 01b00by02b00 courier' is the accepted collocation, just as we send items 'by airmail', 'by e-mail', 'by fax', 'by ship', etc. 02br
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