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Common mistakes with prepositions
Incorrect: He asked a holiday
Correct: He asked for a holiday.
Use ask with for to ask somebody to give something.
Use ask without for to ask somebody to tell something.
Incorrect: Due to illness, I could not go to school
Correct: Owing to illness, I could not go to school.
Both due to and owing to mean ?because of' Some people believe that it is incorrect to use due to at the beginning of a clause, but the structure is common in
educated usage
Incorrect: He was prevented to come
Correct: He was prevented from coming.
Prevent cannot be followed by to It is followed by from + -ing form.
The loud noise prevented me from sleeping
Incorrect: I met with your friend
Correct: I met your friend.
Meet means ?come face to face with somebody or something' With this meaning it
is used without with
Meet with means ?experience'.
He met with misfortune (NOT He met misfortune.)
Incorrect: She insisted to pay
Correct: She insisted on paying.
Insist cannot be followed by to It is followed by on + -ing form.
Incorrect: Let's go for riding
Correct: Let's go riding.
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Go is used with an ?ing form in a number of expressions referring to sporting and
leisure activities No preposition is used in this structure
Incorrect: We went a walk
Correct: We went for a walk.
The structure ?go for a / come for a' is used in a number of fixed expressions
referring to sporting and leisure activities