COMMON ERRORS IN THE USE OF PREPOSITIONS Wrong Usage ------------- Right Usage 1. Write with ink ---------------- 1. Write in ink 2. Sit under the shade ---------- 2. Sit in the shade of tree 3. Pakistan is in the ------------- 3. Pakistan is to the west of India 4. Good/Weak in Mathematics-- 4. Good/Weak at Mathematics 5. Time in your watch ---------- 5. Time by your watch 6. Part with a man -------------- 6. Part from a man 7. Part from money ------------- 7. Part with money 8. Word by word ---------------- 8. Word for word 9. She is married with him ----- 9. She is married to him 10. Since the last two weeks -- 10. For the last two weeks 11. Prefer than ------------------ 11. Prefer to 12. Jump in the pond ----------- 12. Jump into the pond 13. Lying upon the desk -------- 13. Lying on the desk 14. Die of hunger --------------- 14. Die from hunger 15. Die from cancer ------------ 15. Die of cancer 16. To meet in the way -------- 16. To meet on the way 17. Send on my address ------- 17. Send to my address 18. To go in train --------------- 18. To go by train
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