THE PREPOSITION AND THE CONJUNCTION
Prepositions
IT is important in the study of prepositions to observe that there are
certain words that are followed by certain prepositions. To change the
preposition is to convey a different meaning from the one that the
speaker intended, or to convey no meaning at all. A partial list of such
words with their appropriate prepositions follows:
accompanied with anything having no life
accompanied by anything having life
acquit of
accuse of
adapted to a thing
adapted for a course, because of one's nature
adapted from an author
agree to a plan or proposition
agree with a person
agree upon something that must be decided
angry at a thing
angry with a person
compare with to bring out similar qualities
compare to without analyzing
comply with
confer on meaning to give to
confer with meaning to talk to
confide in meaning to put faith in
confide to meaning to commit to one's keeping
conform to
correspond to, with a thing, denoting similarity
correspond with meaning to write to
different from
dependent on a person
dependent for a thing
independent of
disappointed in
employed at a certain place or salary
employed in a certain kind of business
employed by a certain person or company
enter upon duties
enter at a door
followed by
influence over, upon
expect of
participate in
profit by
remonstrate against a thing
remonstrate with a person
=Exercise 125=
Insert the correct preposition in the following: