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Taka Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

With

Are these withs semantically the same?

What's the matter with you?
He helped me with my homework?

What are they among these withs here?

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/with?view=uk
  

Top answer

-- No, I don't think so. com better: What's the matter with you? ' " He helped me with my homework -- " in some particular relation to (especially implying interaction, company, association, conjunction, or connection): I dealt with the problem.

— Mister Micawber

  • -- No, I don't think so.
  • com better: What's the matter with you?
  • ' " He helped me with my homework -- " in some particular relation to (especially implying interaction, company, association, conjunction, or connection): I dealt with the problem.
  • ' "
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Are these withs semantically the same?-- No, I don't think so.

I like Dictionary.com better:

What's the matter with you? -- "in the region,
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You might not like the dictionary I provided, but if that's the only one you could use, wouldn't you think that they were all in the same category #7?
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I would think the dictionary entry was incomplete and leave it unsatisfied.
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Defining some dictionary as incomplete. That's certainly something we learners cannot easily do.Emotion: smile
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This is the 21st century, Taka. Online [url=http://www.onelook.com/]DICTIONARIES[/url] are available to all.
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