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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

with/about/ on

0Unfortunately, not everyone agrees 01u00about/with/on/to02u00 what preferred terms to use.02br
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00Which prep. should I use here? Thanks.0-
  

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; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often fol. by 01i 00with02i 00): 01i 00I don't agree with you. 02td 01td 00to give consent; assent (often fol.

— Doll

  • ; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often fol.
  • by 01i 00with02i 00): 01i 00I don't agree with you.
  • 02td 01td 00to give consent; assent (often fol.
  • by 01i 00to02i 00): 01i 00He agreed to accompany the ambassador.
  • Do you agree to the conditions?
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001.to have the same views, emotions, etc.; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often fol. by 01i00with02i00): 01i00I don't agree with you. 02i02td
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0Thanks, Doll.02br
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00But which should I use in my base sentence?0-
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0 Tell me your guess first. 0-
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0I would pick 01u00on02u00.0-
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0Yes, I would use 01i00on,02i00 too.0-
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0 But the original sorce uses "about." 0-
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0 I understand but I couldn't find any resource using 01i00about 02i00with 01i00agree 02i00and I chose the most appropriate one from above. 0-
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0Thank you anyway, Doll.02br
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00I think the sentence sounds odd because it's written by a non-native speaker.0-
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0"agree about" is used too. It means that we have similar ways of thinking about things or similar opinions. Agree on can be a more specific decision.02br
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00We 01i00agree about 02i00the best restaurants in town, so it was easy for us to 01i00agree on 02i00a place to go for dinner tonight. Once Jim heard our choice for a resta
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0 I would say "agree about" and "agree on" overlap almost to the point of being inseparable. "Agree on" doesn't sound like BrE to me though.0-
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