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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Regarding preposition: by and from.

Sentence: In these 15 days there was neither any update or information either by/from you or by/from the Government about the status of my application.

Question: Very confused about the use of correct prepositon in this sentence. Sometime mind says "by" is right sometimes it says "from" is right. Kindly tell me which preposition will be right in the sentence and why.

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Top answer

I think an argument can be made for either one. My preference is "from" in both cases.

— Anonymous

  • I think an argument can be made for either one.
  • My preference is "from" in both cases.
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I think an argument can be made for either one. My preference is "from" in both cases.
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Thanks anonymous for answering. Anybody else, specially native speaker or teacher, would like to take this one?
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I would use 'from', since 'you' and 'government' are the sources of the information, not just the communicators of the information, but neither preposition seems 'wrong' to me.
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Mister MicawberI would use 'from', since 'you' and 'government' are the sources of the information, not just the communicators of the information, but neither preposition seems 'wrong' to me.
Thanks a lot for answer my question. I was so really confused. My heart and mind was saying go with "from", but since I am wrong more often than not I went with "by". But
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