Supernova  +  430079 Fri, 12 Oct 07 02:14 PM can you tell me the difference between ' disillusioned by' and 'disillusioned with' ? Supernova Joined on Thu, Oct 11 2007 New Member 21 Difference Between

	Grammar Geek  +  430086 Fri, 12 Oct 07 02:25 PM There's not a big difference to my mind. "By" seems to carry a sense of someone's deliberate actions, while you can be disillusioned "with" a software package or an amusement park. "With" seems to carry a passive sense. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Marius Hancu  +  430091 Fri, 12 Oct 07 02:27 PM practically same by: indicates the agent producing the disillusionement with: indicates with regard to whom you are in disillusionement And I agree with GG Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673 Regards, Whom