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12.02 Prepositional usage
The list below contains nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs that are often used with the wrong preposition or, in some cases, with some other, inappropriate part of speech. The correct usage is given in each case:
abide by a decision
abstain from a thing orfrom doing
accede to a request
accord (of one’s own)
accordance with (in)
accountable for something entrusted
accountable to one’s employer
acquiesce in
act on
agree on terms
agree to a proposal
agree to do (notaccept to do)
allow for (take into consideration)
answer for (assume responsibility for an action or a thing)
answer to (account to a person)
aspire to (a position, fame)
associate with (not associate to)
avenge oneself on someone for something
averse to doing something
averse to violence
aware of
bear a resemblance to
begin by doing
begin from a point
begin to do
begin with an act
benefits of the benefactor
benefits to the beneficiary
bring a charge against
capable of
capacity for
centre on (notaround)
circumstances (in the)
commend a person for work well done
commensurate with
compare to (only when used in the sense of liken to)
compare with (to note similarities and differences)
compliment on
comply with
concur in an opinion
concur with a person
conditions (live in squalid)
conditions (work under difficult)
conform to
conformity with (in)
consist in (definition: Memory consists in a present imagination of past incidents.)
consist of (material: The meal consisted of fish.)
consistent with
contend with a problem, a difficulty
contrast one thing with another
contrast toorwith (in)
converge on
conversant with
correlate with
correspond to (resemble)
correspond with (communicate)
culminate in (notwith)
default on a loan, a payment
defend against attack, accusation
defend from harm (ward off attack, keep safe)
delve into a question
depart from a practice, a procedure
deprive of
derive from
designate someone as
different from, to, than
differ with a person on a subject
disagree with a person
discourage from doing
dispense with
dissociate (or disassociate) oneself from
divest oneself of
effect (put into)
elaborate on
embark on a ship, a career
enamoured of
endowed with
excuse from doing
focus on (notaround)
follow-up to (a)
forbid someone to do
free fromorof
grasp of (have a good)
immune from an obligation, something unpleasant
immune to a disease
impinge on/upon (have an effect on, encroach upon)
impressed with or by
incapable of doing
indifferent to
indispensable for a purpose
indispensable to a person
infested with insects, vermin
infringe the rules (no preposition)
initiative in (take the)
initiative (on one’s own)
insight into
integrate into (incorporate)
integrate with (mix with)
intercede for someone with an authority
invest in stocks, shares, a business
invest with authority, an award, an office, an air of
join with a person or thing in something
keep abreast of the news, developments
labour at/over a task
labour for somebody, a purpose
labour under a disadvantage, a misapprehension
lay the blame for something on someone
levy on (impose a)
liable to dismissal, a fine
link to (in a physical sense)
link with (associate, connect with)
live off (the land, one’s produce)
live on an income
lodge a complaint with an authority against someone
look after business
look into a matter
look over an account
made from (original material transformed into something else)
made of (material or ingredients that go into making something)
made with (specifies one or more of the constituent parts)
moment (on the spur of the)
moment’s notice (at a)
oblivious oforto
opposite of (the)
opposition to (in)
order of (in the, of the)
originate inorwith (notfrom)
parallel withorto
perpendicular to
persist in
perspective of (from the)
place to live in (not place to live)
point at a thing
point to a fact
prefer one to the other
preference for
preoccupied with
present someone or something to someone
present someone with something
preside over/at
prevent from doing
proceed against a person
proceed to (an act not previously started)
proceed with (an act already started)
prohibit from doing
provide against disaster
provide for an emergency
provide someone with something
provide something for someone
pursuance of (in)
pursuant to
put in/into place
reconcile to a thing, a state
reconcile with a person
reduction in pay
reference to (preceded bywith, notin)
regard for a person (with/in regard to a subject)
regardless of whether something happens
register with
relieve one of a possession, a duty
remand in custody
remand (place on)
replace one person with another (but a person is replaced by another)