Tuesday 6 January 2015

ENGLISH :: COMMON ERRORS IN THE USE OF PREPOSITIONS


 COMMON  ERRORS  IN  THE  USE  OF  PREPOSITIONS (Part-I)

 
Wrong
Right
Write with ink
Write in ink
Sit under the shade of a tree
Sit in the shade of a tree
Pakistan is in the west of India
Pakistan is to the west of India
Good in Mathematics
Good at Mathematics
Weak in Bengali
Weak at Bengali
Time in your watch
Time by your watch
Part with a man

Part from a man
Part from money
Part with money
Word by word translation
Word for word translation
She is married with him
She is married to him
Since the last two weeks
For the last two weeks
Prefer then.
Prefer to
Translate from English to Bengali
Translate from English into Bengali
Jump in the pond
Jump into the pond
Die of hunger
Die from hunger
Die from cancer
Die of cancer
To meet in the way
To meet on the way
Send on my address
Send to my address
To go in train
To go by train
Lying upon the desk
Lying on the desk
The birds build nests on the trees
The birds build nests in the trees
Quarrel for a trifle
Quarrel over a trifle
To enter an agreement
To enter into an agreement
To dive in the river
To dive into the river
Love in music
Love for music
Thirst of information
Thirst for information
To be sick from life
To be sick of life
Blind of defects
Blind to defects
Break into pieces
Break to pieces
Congratulate him for his success
Congratulate him on his success



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