The devil is in the preposition - Part 2
Do you remember the prepositions you learned in a previous blog? Here are some more to learn, so you will continue to improve your English and avoid those “devilish” mistakes!
More "Devilish" Prepositions ... Do you remember the prepositions you learned in a previous blog? Here are some more to learn, so you will continue to improve your English and avoid those “devilish” mistakes!
- You don’t welcome someone in a place, you welcome them TO a place.
→ Welcome TO Aix-en-Provence! We hope you will enjoy your time here.
- You don’t recover of an illness, you recover FROM an illness.
→ How are you feeling? Have you recovered FROM your cold yet?
- You don’t confide to someone, you confide IN someone.
→ I have a secret. May I confide IN you?
- You don’t go somewhere by foot, you go somewhere ON foot.
→ The bus stop is just around the corner. It'll take you five minutes ON foot to get there.
- You don’t get in a plane or a train, you get ON(TO) a plane or a train.
→ We were very late, so we got ON(TO) the train just as it was leaving the station.
- You don’t watch something at the TV, you watch it ON TV.
→ There was an interesting show ON TV last night.
- Don’t confuse “beside” and “besides.”: Beside means “next to” and besides means “in addition to.”
So: You don’t sit besides someone, you sit BESIDE someone.
→ The assistant always sits BESIDE the director at the meetings.
And: You don’t do something beside something else, you do it BESIDES something else.
→ What other types of music do you like BESIDES classical?
- And sometimes in English you don’t use a preposition at all! Here are two common difficulties:
You don’t discuss about something, you discuss something.
→ Let’s discuss your plans. (NOT: Let’s discuss about your plans)
But you talk ABOUT something.
→ Let’s talk ABOUT your plans.
You don’t resemble to someone, you resemble someone.
→ Mary resembles her mother. (NOT : Mary resembles to her mother.)
