Zebrałam jeszcze więcej przykładów konstrukcji z przyimkami, które sprawiają problemy (aczkolwiek są to zapewne sytuacje mniej częste niż te, które zamieściłam w poprzednim wpisie). Zachęcam szczególnie do przeglądnięcia grafik poniżej.
1. Conform to, not with.
Don’t say: We must conform with the rules.
Say: We must conform to the rules.
2. Congratulate on, not for.
Don’t say: I congratulate you for your success.
Say: I congratulate you on your success.
3. Covered with, not by.
Don’t say: The Mountains are covered by snow.
Say: The Mountains are covered with snow.
4. Cured of, not from.
Don’t say: The man was cured from his illness.
Say: The man was cured of his illness.
Note. But the noun “cure” takes for: e.g “ There is no cure for that disease.”
5. Depend on, not from.
Don’t say: It depends from him.
Say: It depends on him.
6. Divide into parts, not in parts
Don’t say: I divided the cake in four parts
Say: I divided the cake into four parts.
NOTE: But a thing may be divided “in half” or “in two“: as, “He divided the apple in half (or in two).”
7. Exception to, not of.
Don’t say: This is an exception of the rule.
Say: This is an exception to the rule.
NOTE: But we say “with the exception of“: as, “He liked all his studies with the exception of Latin.”
8. Exchange for, not by.
Don’t say: They exchanged wheat by machinery.
Say: They exchanged wheat for machinery.
NOTE: Also “in exchange for“: as, “He gave his old car in exchange for a new one.”
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