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Vincent Ding Posted 21 years ago
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With ?

0 I see people write, for instance, "John is a lawyer WITH Ince & Co." 02br
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00shouldn't "with " here be "from" or "of" which sounds more rational? 02br
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00or is this habitual usage? 02br
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0Actually, Vincent, both 'of' and 'from'01del 00especially 'of', which many of my students choose02del 00 are non-native choices. ' 02br 00'Oh, I'm with Sony-- I'm a programmer for them. ' 02br 02br 00There's nothing particularly rational or irrational that I can see: 'I'm with them: we are working together'.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0Actually, Vincent, both 'of' and 'from'01del 00especially 'of', which many of my students choose02del 00 are non-native choices.
  • ' 02br 00'Oh, I'm with Sony-- I'm a programmer for them.
  • ' 02br 02br 00There's nothing particularly rational or irrational that I can see: 'I'm with them: we are working together'.
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0Actually, Vincent, both 'of' and 'from'01del00especially 'of', which many of my students choose02del00 are non-native choices. 'With' is one usual preposition here-- another is 'for': 02br
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00'And who are you with?' 02br
00'Oh, I'm with Sony-- I'm a programmer for them. I've been with Sony for 5 years now; before that, I was with
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0tks for ur clarification once and for all 05000 Mister.010id1
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