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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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When you are good at ?

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00When you are good at sth and when you are good with sth ? 02font 02br 02br 00'Good at' is standard English. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00When you are good at sth and when you are good with sth ?
  • 02font 02br 02br 00'Good at' is standard English.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00When you are good at sth and when you are good with sth ? 02font02br
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00'Good at' is standard English. 'Good with' is more informal English.02br
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00Having said that, here are a few examples to consider.02br
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0Thanks for answer! 02br
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00So you can always use at and with ? 02br
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00Like:02br
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00Tom is good at math or with math ? 02br
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00Tom is good with geography , tom is good with english, tom is good with hand jobs , tom is good with driving , tom is good with girls...02br
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0Hi,02br
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01font01b00So you can always use at and with ?02b00 02font00As I said, 'with' is more nformal. So avoid using it if you want to write very formally.02br
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0With people, you must use "with," however.02br
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01i00He's so good with children.02i02br
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01i00He's good at children02i00 just doesn't make any sense.0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes. Perhaps I could have made myself clearer.05002br
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00I didn't mean that you can always say 'good at'. I meant that sometimes you need to paraphrase 'good with' in more formal writing. 02br
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00eg Instead of 'Tom is good with people', I might more formally say 'Tom has good interpersonal skills'.02br
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