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The visit of ambassador X to our institution...

The visit from ambassador X to our institution...

According to dictionaries, "visit" is always followed by the preposition "from" when it indicates the person who pays the visit, but Google gives many results when it is followed by "of", e.g. Visit of Prime Minister to... etc.

Which is the correct form?

Thank you.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Anyone, please?

Clive · Answer

The visit of ambassador X to our institution...

The visit from ambassador X to our institution...

The visit by ambassador X to our institution...

I'd say 'of' is the most common preposition. from and by are also acceptable.

I checked a few dictionaries and found no mention of the 'rule' that you quote.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you for your response, Clive. Actually there is no explicit rule mentioned anywhere. I was referring to the example sentences they provide.

This is an example taken from Cambridge Dictionary:

We had a visit from the https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/school https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/inspector last https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/week.

But I'm guessing no other preposition would be acceptable in such cases, when there's a verb such as "had" or "received" etc.

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