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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 42
Book's First PageAN 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 SEE–49