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| T_H_Lawrence wrote: |
| There are certain English words that take only the fixed prepositions. For instance, good at, charge with, congratulate on, accuse of, interested in, tell from and so on. Perhaps, we are not expected to use any other ones as we like. However, in the case of general application of in and at we use in when we are not specific of location and at when we are specific. For e.g. Shakespeare lived at Stratford-upon-Avon in England. |
T_H_Lawrence:
tell from:
He told to me.
Promise not to tell on me.
notices telling of the proposed job cuts.
good at:
He is very good with children.
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| #78 (permalink) Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:26 am I go to the school. |
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| T_H_Lawrence wrote: |
| Mother1 wrote: |
| Beeesneees wrote: |
| 'Weakness in math/maths'. |
I also knew here 'in' is the correct preposition. But I fail to feel the problem if I use at.
Could you please explain the problem abstractly. |
There are certain English words that take only the fixed prepositions. For instance, good at, charge with, congratulate on, accuse of, interested in, tell from and so on. Perhaps, we are not expected to use any other ones as we like. However, in the case of general application of in and at we use in when we are not specific of location and at when we are specific. For e.g. Shakespeare lived at Stratford-upon-Avon in England. |
Weakness in/at math/maths.
I am searching the explanation about the difference between the use of in and at from the side of sense. What is the difference in sense? |
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| #79 (permalink) Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:29 am I go to the school. |
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Mr. Lawrence he is asking ---it might be---?
Put on
put off
put out etc- like group verbs( usually say by British system which we learned in intermediate level at college) where other say 'have on' verb phrase or say British system- auxiliary verb(copulative verbs-US)etc.
His questions might not have related with prepositions!
Accustomed to
Accomplished in, these are fixed whether somebody knows or not.
we got rid of this without any condition,didn't we?
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| #80 (permalink) Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:26 am I go to the school. |
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He is weak at maths
He has a weakness in maths.
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| #81 (permalink) Fri Feb 17, 2012 16:34 pm I go to the school. |
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| Beeesneees wrote: |
He is weak at maths
He has a weakness in maths. |
It means "He is weak in maths." is not correct sentence. Correct? |
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| #82 (permalink) Fri Feb 17, 2012 17:19 pm I go to the school. |
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[quote="Mother1"]
T_H_Lawrence:
tell from:
He told to me.
Promise not to tell on me.
notices telling of the proposed job cuts.
good at:
He is very good with children.
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And so on--
After your explanation above how will you explain the above sentences?
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First of all, I do not approve of "told to me". It should be "told me", for the verb 'tell' does not take the preposition 'to' in this case.
There has to be an object after the verb 'tell'.
Then, you can say he is very popular with children, rather than he is good with children.
As I (a foreign learner of English) understand, prepositions are used mainly in three ways:
(i) General - I go to the cinema every week, She drives at a very high speed. The book is read by many. The portrait is hung on the wall in the room.
(ii) Fixed - Can't you tell an Asian from a European? He is not accustomed to eating meat. We need to comply with all the legal requirements. No one can prevent her from entering the hall.
(iii) Optional (Contextual) - I called on him yesterday. She will call at my office later today. The salad is made of various kinds of fruit. Sugar is made from sugarcane. He died of diarrhoea. Many people die from gluttony.
There is yet another type often called the phrasal verbs. Here, what may be called a particle (maybe a preposition or an adverb) comes to join a verb and assign it a new meaning: Give up (abandon), Make out (understand), look after (take care of), pass away (die).
I can explain only so much from my little exposure to and experience in grammar.
By the way, I thank Minhajquazi for watching my posts/answers and giving me his opinion. Minhaj, when I am unable to convince the natives of my position, how can I expect others to agree with me?
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| #83 (permalink) Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:01 am I go to the school. |
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You are well founded than I in many ways.
I have been watching you since your joining. In India I think you are one of the best grammarians. I have a lot of information since long day.
Some Indians are the best English grammarians in the Uk too by a survey!
Never mind, I like extraordinary information since my boyhood!
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| #84 (permalink) Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:25 am I go to the school. |
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They set forth on their travels in early June.
what is the meaning of the above sentence? |
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| #85 (permalink) Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:44 am I go to the school. |
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They left to go travelling in the first week or so of June.
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