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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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What is the difference between "solution of problem" and "solution to problem"?
Online Oxford Collocation Dictionary also lists to and for as prepositions typically used after solution (meaning an answer, not a mixture of liquid with dissolved substances).
But! …
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How to say "water of sea"?
An aside: even though your question is about prepositions and not articles, as you can see in the Ngram linked above, and as TRomano said in comment, you need the definite article there. …
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"with" preposition at the beginning or at the end of a sentence
I agree with saintjules and I'd just like to add that this sentence can be said correctly in four ways:
This is the most beautiful programming language with which I ever worked!
This is the most bea …
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Talk with/ Talk, Want to/ Want,
You are dealing with three separate things here:
Ending a sentence with a preposition (in general):
There are some who claim that this practice is ungrammatical, but this is not true. This "rule" co …
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Correct usage of sentences
What for is a set phrase meaning:
for what purpose or reason
(Merriam Webster). Basically it means the same thing as why.
You can either say:
What do you need a grammar book for?
or
W …
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"Many discuss the topic {that/of/on} whether medicine..." - which word should I use?
At first none of the examples sounded good to my ear, but after I looked it up it seems that the 2nd and the 3rd are correct.
Many discuss the topic that whether medicine has true benefit on our …
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The way we chose/follow or the path we choose or...?
If I understand correctly, you are looking for a way to phrase the sentence that will follow the one you gave under context.
There are two issues that should be addressed with these phrases:
The …
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Is 'only' an adjective and 'off' a preposition in the example sentence?
You are half right (that would be the second half).
Only is used as an adverb in your sentence. Notice that, if it were used as an adjective to modify the word yard, the indefinite article would be i …
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