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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

With people

The incessant south western monsoon has caused havoc since Thursday night with people in 14 of the island's 25 districts being affected.

http://m.timesofindia.com/world/south-asia/119-dead-150-missing-in-sri-lanka-floods-india-sends-3-navy-ships-with-aid/articleshow/58872987.cms

Is "with" a preposition here?

Which meaning of "with" is used here and does the whole phrase "with...being affected" functoning adverbially modifying "cause" and by answering the "how question"?

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Jigneshbharati Is "with" a preposition here? Yes.

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JigneshbharatiIs "with" a preposition here?

Yes.

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JigneshbharatiIs "with" a preposition here?

Yes, in the descriptive or accompanying sense.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/with?a=british


It further describes the havoc caused by the storm. It adds the d

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