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Other prepositions “WITH” AND “WITHOUT”
“With” has several common uses in English.
Prepositions can be used to express relationships See also: It can mean “accompanied by.”
other than place and time, such as origin, ownership, The passive 24 Verb patterns with
and absence. prepositions 54 Prepositions 105 It is used to talk about possession.
“BY” It is used to talk about the thing
“By” has several common uses in English. used to perform an action.
RESULT ACTION
When used to talk about
an action, it refers to “Without” is used to talk about
something that is done the absence of something.
to achieve a certain result.
It is used to say who wrote FURTHER EXAMPLES
or made something.
It is used to talk about
methods of travel.
“On foot” is an
exception to this rule.
It can be used to form
the passive voice. “ABOUT”
“About” is mainly used to mean “on the subject of.”
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