AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE
For example,
I shall come on Friday at 5 o" clock. PREPOSITION
Between and Among Nouns Followed by Preposition ‘of’
Between is used about two persons or things, while Abhorrence of Assurance of
among is used for referring to more than two persons or
Charge of Distrust of
things.
Doubt of Experience of
For example,
Failure of Observance of
Divide the mango between Ram and Sham.
Proof of Result of
Distribute all the chocolates among the pupils.
Want of
The money was divided not between his two sons
only but among all his defendants. Adjectives Followed by Preposition ‘of’
Beside and Besides Accused of Acquitted of
Beside means by the site of while, besides means in Afraid of Apprehensive of
addition to. Apprised of Assured of
For example, Aware of Bereft of
Besides my son, my cousin also sat beside me. Bought of Cautious of
By and With Certain of Characteristic of
By is used with the doer or agent, while with is used Composed of Confident of
before the instrument with which a person does a thing. Conscious of Convinced of
For example, Covetous of Defrauded of
The tiger was not shot by me. Deprived of Desirous of
The tiger was shot with a rifle. Devoid of Diffident of
Except and Excepting Distrustful of Dull of
The use of the participle excepting formed from the Easy of Envious of
verb of except (= to exclude) is often confused with that of
Fearful of Fond of
the preposition except (= without).
For example, Greedy of Guilty of
All the boys except John went there Heedless of Ignorant of
(Preposition = without). Informed of Innocent of
All the boys not excepting John went there (Participial Irrespective of Lame of
preposition = not excluding). Lavish of Negligent of
All the boys went there, John not being excepted Productive of Proud of
(verb). Regardless of Sanguine of
There are also a few special prepositions like : Sensible of Sick of
(a) Than Slow of Subversive of
Than is usually a conjunction, but is sometimes used Sure of Suspicious of
as a preposition. Tolerant of Vain of
For example, Void of Weary of
I cannot accept less than fifty rupees for this article. Worthy of Beware of
I speak of Keats, than whom there is none greater as Verbs Followed by Preposition ‘of’
a poet.
Acquit of Beware of
(b) But
Boats of Complain of
As a rule but is a conjunction. When used as a prepo-
sition, but means except, with the exception of. Despair of Die of
For example, Disapprove of Dispose of
What can he do but die? Divest of Dream of
All our ambitions death defeats, but one. Heal of Judge of
None but the brave deserves the award. Repent of Taste of
She returned all her gifts but one. Nouns Followed by Preposition ‘for’
All is lost but honour. Affection for Ambition for
(c) A is sometimes used as weakened form of the prepo- Anxity for Apology for
sition on. Appetite for Aptitude for
For example, Blame for Candidate for
The house is a building. Capacity for Compassion for
I meet her once a week. Compensation for Contempt for
Rice is twenty rupees a kg. Craving for Desire for
His wages are thirty rupees a day. Esteem for Fitness for
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