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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Tickles with / by
My neck tickles with / by the feather. The usage of with /by is always confusing to me, so which one sounds more natural to native English spekaers in the example. Thanks in advance.
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Neither is natural with that verb form. -- Here, the agent is not the feather, but the person who is tickling you with it. 'By' generally refers to the actual agent or 'doer'; 'with' refers to a medium or instrument.
- Neither is natural with that verb form.
- -- Here, the agent is not the feather, but the person who is tickling you with it.
- 'By' generally refers to the actual agent or 'doer'; 'with' refers to a medium or instrument.
- I was hit with a baseball bat.
- I was hit by an irate husband.
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Neither is natural with that verb form.
My neck was tickled with a feather (by my little sister).-- Here, the agent is not the feather, but the person who is tickling you with it.
'By' generally refers to the actual agent or 'doer'; 'with' refers to a medium or instrument.
I was hit with a baseball bat.
I was hit by an irate husband.
My neck was tickled with a feather (by my little sister).-- Here, the agent is not the feather, but the person who is tickling you with it.
'By' generally refers to the actual agent or 'doer'; 'with' refers to a medium or instrument.
I was hit with a baseball bat.
I was hit by an irate husband.
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