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Errors in preposition choice
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Such errors take place when the wrong preposition is used according to the context of the sentence.
Some of the rules for choosing the correct prepositions are given below, but you willnever be able to memorize all the rules for preposition use in English. The more you practice, though, the more you will develop a "feel" for determining which preposition is correct in any given situation.
There are two particular situations involving preposition choice:
Errors with from (here) to (eternity) and between (Scylla) and (Charybdis).
Both these expressions are used to give the starting time/point and ending time/point. They can also be used toshow relationships of place and various other relationships. E.g.:
· He lived in Seattle from 1992 to 1997.
· He lived in Seattle between 1992 and 1997.
· Route 66 ran from Chicago to Los Angeles.
· Route 66 ran between Chicago and Los Angeles.
It will be a mistake to say: The highway runs between Simferopol to the port of Yalta, a distance of 60 miles.
The correct pattern is from…to.
Errors usually involve an incorrect pairing of those words, or the incorrect use of other prepositions. E.g.::
between A to В from X and Y
between A with В since X to Y
Errors with since, for, and in
Since is used before a point in time with the present perfect tense—but never with the past tense. For is used before a period of time with the present perfect and other tenses. In is used before certain moments in time (years, centuries, decades) with the past tense and other tenses—but never with the present perfect tense. E.g.:
· He's lived here since 1995.
· He's lived here for two years.
· He moved here in 1995.
Errors involve the use of one of these prepositions for another. E.g.:
He's lived here in 1995.
He's lived here since two years.
He moved here since 1995.
Corn was the population’s main item of food since at least 2,000 years.
Before a period of time (2,000 years) the preposition for should be used.
Errors with on
The pitch of a tuning fork depends of the size and shape of its arms.
The correct preposition after the verb depend is on, not of.
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