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T509  #398283  Mon, 30 Jul 07 03:25 AM

Hi, everyone.

Help me with the questions below.

a. If you would like to be trained (     )  using this corpus, please email me to register for the course.

about, for, in, on

b. Goalkeeper Jens Lehman was sent off for a foul (     ) Samuel Eto'o.

for, on, over, to

I think in for a, to for b. Are these correct?

And another question has underlined parts one of  which is supposed to be changed correctly.

I don't know which it is.

c. Whenever I have the opportunity to visit foreign countries, I love to go to local restaurants or bars to enjoy its atmosphere.

  
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CalifJim  #398286  Mon, 30 Jul 07 03:46 AM
a. in
b. on

c.  restaurants ... bars ... their atmosphere.

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T509  #398287  Mon, 30 Jul 07 04:02 AM

Thanks Calif.

But would you tell me the reason for the question b a little more?

It seems to me that a foul is commited to a person.

  
CalifJim  #398295  Mon, 30 Jul 07 05:59 AM
There may be alternate ways to say it, but in American English it would be on.

on a person (or group) is used in many expressions besides commit a foul on a person, many (but not all) of them with a similar negative meaning.

an attack on someone
an assault on someone
inflict harm on someone
place a curse/spell/hex on someone
be a bad influence on someone
drop a bomb on someone
draw a gun on someone
fire on someone (fire a gun on)
make a raid on someone / group
cast an aspersion on someone
cast/place blame on someone
heap scorn / contempt / ridicule on someone
pin your hopes on someone
go easy/hard on someone
place demands on someone

CJ



  
T509  #398296  Mon, 30 Jul 07 06:09 AM

Thanks for the affluent examples that do help me a lot, CJ.

  
Anonymous  #553840  Tue, 12 Aug 08 06:35 AM
Could you please explain what you mean by negative meaning in the sentence

on a person (or group) is used in many expressions besides commit a foul on a person, many (but not all) of them with a similar negative meaning.


Also could you give an example of  using on a person (or group) with positive meaning
  
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