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