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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
the loss of sb from some disease?
Is this phrase right. In particular, is the use of the preposition "from" here right? Thank you very much!
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I think you would use "to" rather than "from".
- I think you would use "to" rather than "from".
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I prefer "by" or "from". But I am not pretty sure.
AnnvanI think you would use "to" rather than "from".
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"I lost my mother to cancer" is the normal collocation when saying someone has died as the result of a medical condition.
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So, Feebs11, you meant if we insist on the initial form then we should use
the loss of sb to a medical condition.
the loss of sb to a medical condition.
Feebs11"I lost my mother to cancer" is the normal collocation when saying someone has died as the result of a medical condition.
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Perhaps it would help if you gave the context in which you want to use it?
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