English Vocabulary from
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- I had a long discussion by her. (wrong)
- I had a long discussion with her. (correct)
- Explanation : One has a discussion with someone on something.
- I am very grateful for your family (wrong)
- I am very grateful to your family. (correct)
- He was married with Natasha. (wrong)
- He was married to Natasha. (correct)
- Explanation : One is or gets married to someone.
- Copy this report word by word. (wrong)
- Copy this report word for word. (correct)
- Explanation : Word for word means 'in exactly the same way'. Word by word is not an informative expression.
- Give me a chair to sit. (wrong)
- Give me a chair to sit on. (correct)
- Explanation : One sits on (or in) a chair. By itself, sit means ' to cause to be in a sitting position'.
- I have no pencil to draw. (wrong)
- I have no pencil to draw with. (correct)
- Explanation : Since pencil is used as an instrument for drawing, it must have a preposition, i.e., with to connect it to the verb.
- Don't interfere with my mother's affairs. (wrong)
- Don't interfere in my mother's affairs. (correct)
- Explanation : Interfere is always followed by the preposition 'in'.
- My father deals with guns. (wrong)
- My father deals in guns. (correct)
- Explanation : 'Deals in' refers to buy and sell whereas 'deal with' means 'to discuss'
- Many people died in fever. (wrong)
- Many people died of fever. (correct)
- Explanation : A person or an animal dies (i.e., stops living) of some disease.
- I read it on a magazine. (wrong)
- I read it in a magazine. (correct)
- Explanation : The reference is to some content inside a magazine.
- What do you know of this accident ? (wrong)
- What do you know about this accident ? (correct)
- Explanation : We know about some event or have the knowledge of that thing.
Shared by Bhargav Gupta Yechuri
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