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COMMON ERRORS IN THE USE OF PREPOSITIONS

Wrong
Right
Write with ink
1. Write in ink
Sit under the shade
2. Sit in the shade of a
of a tree
tree
Pakistan is in the
3. Pakistan is to the
west of India
west of India
Good/Weak in
4. Good/Weak at
Mathematics
Mathematics
Time in your watch
5. Time by your watch
Part with a man
6. Part from a man
Part from money
7. Part with money
Word by word
8. Word for word
translation
translation
She is married with him 9. She is married to him
Since the last two weeks 10. For the last two weeks
Prefer than
11. Prefer to
Translate from
12. Translate from
English to Tamil
English into Tamil
Jump in the pond
13. Jump into the pond
Die of hunger
14. Die from hunger
Die from cancer
15. Die of cancer
To meet in the way
16. To meet on the way
Send on my address
17. Send to my address
To go in train
18. To go by train
Lying upon the desk
19. Lying on the desk
The birds build nests 20. The birds build nests
on the trees
in the trees
Quarrel for a trifle
21. Quarrel over a trifle
To enter an agreement 22. To enter into an agreement
To dive in the river
23. To dive into the river
Love in music
24. Love for music
Thirst of information
25. Thirst for information
To be sick from life
26. To be sick of life
Blind of defects
27. Blind to defects
Break into pieces
28. Break to pieces
Congratulate him for
29. Congratulate him on
his success
his success
She resembles to her
30. She resembles her
mother
mother
Ordered for a cup of tea 31. Ordered a cup of tea
Entered into the room 32. Entered the room
Pick up a quarrel
33. Pick a quarrel
Passed in the exam
34. Passed the exam
Discuss about the
35. Discuss the problem
problem
Accompany with him 36. Accompany him
Resigned from the post 37. Resigned the post
Sign on the paper
38. Sign the paper
Returned to home
39. Returned home
Enough of money
40. Enough money
To answer to a question 41. To answer a question
Search of something lost 42. Search for something lost
A pen to write
43. A pen to write with
Pray God
44. Pray to God
Compensate a loss
45. Compensate for a loss
Ask something
46. Ask for something
A house to live
47. A house to live in
What use is it?
48. Of what use is it?
Believe God
49. Believe in God

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Bed to lie
Enquire a matter
Succeeded to win
Necessity to do it
Passion to read books
She is fond to talk
Addicted to gamble

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Enquire into a matter
Succeeded in winning
Necessity of doing it
Passion for reading books
She is fond of talking
Addicted to gambling