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Hiineedhelp Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Taken aback with or taken aback about?
Should I use the phrase 'taken aback with' or 'taken aback about'? Or are both phrase correct?
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It doesn't really matter as a rule. It depends on what context the words taken aback are being used Taken aback can be followed by - about, with, by, to, at etc, depending on the rest of the sentence. e.
- It doesn't really matter as a rule.
- It depends on what context the words taken aback are being used Taken aback can be followed by - about, with, by, to, at etc, depending on the rest of the sentence.
- e.
- There is no connection with taken aback and the word following it
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It doesn't really matter as a rule. It depends on what context the words taken aback are being used
Taken aback can be followed by - about, with, by, to, at etc, depending on the rest of the sentence.
I was taken aback with what he said
I was taken aback by the way he left me standing there without a word
I was taken aback to see what they had done
I was taken aback
Taken aback can be followed by - about, with, by, to, at etc, depending on the rest of the sentence.
I was taken aback with what he said
I was taken aback by the way he left me standing there without a word
I was taken aback to see what they had done
I was taken aback
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