Please help me to fill in the following blanks with the correct preposition:
- I have always done my duty ___ my students.
- The boy was called ___ by his grandfather.
- These are sold ___ five selling each.
linhtho0211Please help me to fill in the following blanks with the correct preposition:I am extremely confused about this sentence. The key says "to", my teacher says "with" but I'd rather "by".
- I have always done my duty ___ my students.
I have always done interesting things with my students.
I have always done well by my students.
I have always done my duty to my students.
I'm thinking of the Boy Scout Oath I learned as a child: "On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country, etc."
I think the sentence means that his grandfather named the boy. I've looked up the dictionary for the phrasal verb of call meaning as name but found nothing.
- The boy was called ___ by his grandfather.
I don't think so. Children are usually named by their parents, and the verb is "to name." The grandfather would more likely make up a nickname for the boy. The boy was called "Sonny" by his grandfather. Are there no optional choices offered? The preposition "by" is already there! What kind of word are we looking for?
I would fill with "by". But my teacher fills with "at". She says that selling is an monetary unit like $. Yet, I have never known any monetary unit called selling
- These are sold ___ five selling each.
These are sold by the bushel / kilo / dozen
These are sold at five shillings each.
These are sold at five dollars a pound. Did she write it or speak it?
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