The devil is in the preposition
Do you go IN or TO a country? In? At? On? To? Do you have problems knowing which preposition to use in English? This week’s “Tip for Success” reminds you of the most common problem ones, so you will no longer make those “devilish” mistakes.
Do you go IN or TO a country? In? At? On? To? Do you have problems knowing which preposition to use in English? This week’s “Tip for Success” reminds you of the most common problem ones, so you will no longer make those “devilish” mistakes.
- You don’t go in a country, you go TO a country.
→ They go to France every year on holiday.
- You don’t depend of something, you depend ON something.
→ We probably depend on computers too much today.
- You don’t participate to something, you participate IN something.
→ I participated in many different clubs when I was at school.
- You don’t arrive to work, you arrive AT work.
→ What time did you arrive at work today?
- There isn’t an increase of prices, but an increase IN prices.
→ There has been a huge increase in the price of fruit recently.
- You don’t divide something in …, you divide something INTO…
→ The teacher divided the class into four groups.
- You aren’t married with someone, you are married TO someone.
→ Susan is married to an American.
- You aren’t usually interested by something, you are interested IN something.
→ Are you interested in art?
- You don’t listen something, you listen TO something.
→ I love listening to music in the evenings.
- Something is not superior than something, it is superior TO something.
→ The film is vastly superior to the book.
