Prepositions guide Prepositions Guide Don ? t say ??I ? m studying every day for improve my English ? Say ??I ? m studying every day to improve my English ? The prepositions to and for are very easy to confuse Here are some rules Use TO in these cases Des

Prepositions Guide Don ? t say ??I ? m studying every day for improve my English ? Say ??I ? m studying every day to improve my English ? The prepositions to and for are very easy to confuse Here are some rules Use TO in these cases Destination ?? We ? re going to Paris ? What time it is ??It ? s a quarter to ? Distance ??It ? s about ten miles from my house to the university ? Comparing ??I prefer sleeping to working ? Giving ??I gave the book to my sister ? Motive Reason ?? with verb ??I came here to see you ? Use FOR in these cases Bene ?ts ?? Yogurt is good for your digestion ? Period of time ?? We ? ve lived here for years ? Schedule ??I made an appointment for May rd ? Agree with ??Are you for or against the development of nuclear weapons ? Doing something to help someone ??Could you carry these books for me ? Motive Reason ?? with noun ??Let ? s go out for a drink ? Function ?? with verb -ing form ??A ladle is a big spoon used for serving soup ? As you can see in TO or FOR can be used for a motive reason but TO is always with a verb and FOR is always with a noun Here ? s a good example ? I came to New York to work C ? I came to New York for a new job The prepositions from and by are easy to get confused Here are some rules Use FROM in these cases Used to specify a starting point A train is running west from Chicago Used to express of limits The students go to school from Monday to Friday Used to express intervals Two miles from shore Distance minutes from now Time Go from one page to the next Interval Used to express discrimination or distinction To be excluded from buying toilet paper To disagree from one's father Used to indicate source or origin I come from Venezuela To take a pencil from one's pocket Used to indicate reason or instrumentality Death from Chincuncuya Used to indicate cause or reason From the evidence he must be guilty Use BY in these cases Near to or next to A home by a lake To express a manner or way He came by the highway She arrived by air C A Means of Transportation They arrived by ship To express during I work by day I party by night To express before I usually ?nish work by ?ve o'clock To express amounts when comparing The new house is larger than the old one by a great deal He's taller than his sister by three inches To express an opinion This is a bad movie by any standards To express authority or author The book was published by Random House She read a poem by Emily Dickinson The phonograph

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