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Expression: Byzantium used to be quite a hobby with me



 
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Expression: Byzantium used to be quite a hobby with me #1 (permalink) Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:06 pm   Expression: Byzantium used to be quite a hobby with me
 

Hello,

I have a trouble accepting the expression below.

Byzantium used to be quite a hobby with me.

I think it's grammatically correct but why do we use with here and not of ?
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Expression: Byzantium used to be quite a hobby with me #2 (permalink) Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:28 pm   Expression: Byzantium used to be quite a hobby with me
 

'With' is used after many verbs to show a connection. In your sentence, we could also use 'of' with a possessive pronoun -- it would then read:

Bysantium used to be quite a hobby of mine.
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Expression: Byzantium used to be quite a hobby with me #3 (permalink) Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:49 pm   Expression: Byzantium used to be quite a hobby with me
 

Thanks, Conchita.

I was just searching for the word to describe what I understood(the connection thing that you said). The sentence made me look at it many times before I can understand what the author wanted me to see.Replacing it with of would make people see it from a different view.

And you cleared it up for me, thanks!
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Expression: Byzantium used to be quite a hobby with me #4 (permalink) Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:51 pm   Expression: Byzantium used to be quite a hobby with me
 

And oh yes, welcome kajoobles_dating.Thanks for the comment.
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