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Why I can't use the others expressions?



 
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Why I can't use the others expressions? #1 (permalink) Tue Jan 31, 2006 14:47 pm   Why I can't use the others expressions?
 

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ESL/EFL Test #88 "Simple Present (5)", question 9

and I stopped worrying from that moment ..........

(a) on
(b) to
(c) for
(d) by

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #88 "Simple Present (5)", answer 9

and I stopped worrying from that moment on.

Correct answer: (a) on

Your answer was: incorrect
and I stopped worrying from that moment for.
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I would like to know why I can't use the others expressions?

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On #2 (permalink) Tue Jan 31, 2006 17:00 pm   On
 

Hi Diamanta,

On is the only preposition that makes sense in this sentence. From that moment on means continuing from that moment - from that moment onwards.

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Prepositions #3 (permalink) Tue Jan 31, 2006 17:24 pm   Prepositions
 

Alan wrote:
From that moment on means continuing from that moment - from that moment onwards.


This must be one of the many exceptions to the 'rule' about not adding any unnecessary prepositions. I never liked that rule, anyway, since I find that these little big words can add so much colour to the language, especially in speech.
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