Hello.
I'd like to know which prepositions are possible for each sentence and which ones are definitely wrong. Also what would be the difference in meaning?
Shall I buy tickets for/to the concert.
The Sahara is one of the most remote parts of/in the world.
There are two sides to/for/of every story.
He has gone to live in/to Paris.
The dog was picked up off/from the street.
She put her hands over/on her eyes.
What can you do to relive boredom on/in a journey.
I was with two aunts on/from my mother's side.
The body appeared at/on the bank of the river.
They saw an old man with/in a red hat.
He is a bad influence on/over the other children.
I'd like to know which prepositions are possible for each sentence and which ones are definitely wrong. Also what would be the difference in meaning?
Shall I buy tickets for/to the concert.
The Sahara is one of the most remote parts of/in the world.
There are two sides to/for/of every story.
He has gone to live in/to Paris.
The dog was picked up off/from the street.
She put her hands over/on her eyes.
What can you do to relive boredom on/in a journey.
I was with two aunts on/from my mother's side.
The body appeared at/on the bank of the river.
They saw an old man with/in a red hat.
He is a bad influence on/over the other children.
Comments
The Sahara is one of the most remote parts of/in the world.
of: correct
in: incorrect
Think of it this way: of the many parts in the world, the Sahara is one.
According to your explanation did you mean of: incorrect in: correct?
They saw an old man with/in a red hat.
with: okay but this implies he is carrying it instead of wearing it on his head
in: this is not possible, unless you are talking about a huge hat
What would be the way to say he is wearing the red hat, with which preposition?
I think "an old man in a red hat" is OK. It's just because native speakers say so quite frequently. Am I wrong?
paco
You see that guy over there? Which guy? The guy in the red hat.
1. Shall I buy tickets for/to the concert.
to: more common
for: ok also
— Interestingly, "for" would be more common in BrE. Though you might say "Shall I buy the tickets to London?"
2. What can you do to relive boredom on/in a journey.
— Should be "relieve" boredom. "Reliving boredom" is another matter entirely...And perhaps even more common...
3. The body appeared at/on the bank of the river.
— Both are a little odd: "appeared on/at" is a strange thing for a body to do, in conjunction with "bank of the river". You could say:
"The body was dragged onto the river bank."
"The floating body bumped into the river bank."
MrP
He is the most intelligent in the class.
Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
So, according to the explanation, should I say:
Everest is one of the highest mountains of the world?