From the course: Advanced Grammar (2017)
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Prepositions
- [Tutor] Congratulations in you! I'm going on the meeting in 30 minutes. Did either of those make sense to you? Probably not. Let's change in and on to to; congratulations to you, I'm going to the meeting in 30 minutes. How unimportant those little words in, to, and on look in a sentence, but oh the difference they can make; those prepositions. Do you want me to wait on you or for you? That depends. If you want me to stay until you arrive, then I will wait for you. But if you want me to bring you your coffee and bagel then I will be waiting on you. Should the picture frame be put on the table or onto the table? The frame should be placed onto the table; something is placed onto something else. But if that object is already in place then it's on the other object; the picture frame was on the table. Do you differ with me or differ from me? Or are you different from me or different than me? Do we disagree on the new policy? Then I differ with you. But do we like different clothing…
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