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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

To be wrong about something or to be wrong with something?

Which variant is more acceptable: to be wrong with* something or to be wrong *about something?
The original sentence:
Parents are able to tell if their child is wrong about*/*with something.
  

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Which variant is more acceptable: to be wrong with* something or to be wrong *about something? Consider. these examples.

  • Which variant is more acceptable: to be wrong with* something or to be wrong *about something?
  • Consider.
  • these examples.
  • eg Tom is wrong about the car, Tom has an incorrect opinion about the car.
  • eg Something is wrong with the car.
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Which variant is more acceptable: to be wrong with* something or to be wrong *about something?


These expressions have different meanings.Consider. these examples.
eg Tom is wrong about the car, Tom has an incorrect opinion about the car.

eg Something is w
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It should be "about". One is right or wrong about something, meaning correct or incorrect in one's judgment/opinion about something.

Something can be wrong with someone/something: What's wrong with you? There's something wrong with that dog.

To "be wrong with something" is possible, for example:

You were wrong with that assumption.

But the

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