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A preposition is a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause.
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Correct preposition: "By" or "of"
'We lost the game because of a mistake of one of our players.'
Your original sentence is fine.
Your final version will be fine too if it uses 'made', as StephenS has suggested, or 'committed'.
'We los …
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Does a country conquer territory FROM another country?
Yes, as Kate Bunting commented, 'from' is fine.
As for the verbs, 'win' and 'reclaim' do not quite mean the same as 'conquer'.
You may want to consider 'annex'.
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on/in its . . . pods
On the use of prepositions for 'trials', both on and of are acceptable. …
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Difference between IN and AT as a place preposition
Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in December 1620.
An image of the rock is shown in the link.
https: …
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Usage of "to" after "equals"
I elaborate on what @Ronald Sole has rightly commented.
Cambridge Dictionary defines equal.
equal adjective (SAME) B1
the same in amount, number, or size:
One litre is equal to 1.76 imperial pints [e …
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The difference in the meaning of "in" between these two sentences
The second example is a headline.
The body text has the article:
... said publicly and privately in the days following the deadly riots at the US Capitol ...
Headlines frequently omit small words li …
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Is it correct to use the preposition "of" in "the possibility of correcting the flatness of"?
The preposition of is fine. I suggest to use ability rather than possibility if the working mechanism of the skeleton has been proven.
We could consider the changes as shown below.
The metallic trans …
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What's the function of the prepositional phrase here?
In school we are learning about the American Revolution.
I add to what @Araucaria - Not here any more said.
the American Revolution is the object of preposition about. The entire preposition phrase …
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What does it mean by"A preposition govern the nouns or noun-equivalents that follow them."?
means prepositions require that the words or groups of words following them are to be in a particular case.
Prepositions are normally followed by nouns of the object case. … Exceptions are the first prepositions in constructions with double prepositions, like up to and out of; or in constructions with double possessives, like "a book of his", as what @FumbleFingers commented …
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"This information is required of you" or "this information is required from you"?
required from works better here; we use this construction when the focus is on results, things, or end products.
We use required of to focus on the manner of doing certain thing or the behaviour of a …
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prepositions and capitalize
thesaurus.com recommends
Don’t capitalize prepositions (at, by, to, etc.)
... prepositions should not be capitalized—unless a style guide recommends capitalizing them if they are a long word [emphasis …
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Can I put down "I'm wondering about whether....."
*I was wondering about whether/if Lisa can fly a helicopter.
I add to the comments.
VOA explains the use of I was wondering and gives an example:
Can you please help me move on Saturday?
I was wo …
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by doing that we managed to save a lot of money
Possible prepositions to replace 'by doing' are with and through:
With that, we managed to save a lot of money.
Through that, we managed to save a lot of money. (By means of that, we ...) …
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Correct prepositions following "that" in comparison structures
In this construction, by is better than of. The second spent is optional:
US citizens spent the smallest portion on food among all countries, at 14%, which was about 9% smaller than that (spent) by …
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