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Prepositions · CEFR B2 · Confident
Nouns carry prepositions too, and often a different one from the verb they came from — you discuss something, but you have a discussion about it.
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There is no solution to this problem.
reason FOR · solution TO · increase IN · answer TO
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Choose an answer, then check why it fits.
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There is no solution to this problem.
The pair is "solution to", even though Hindi suggests "of".
The shape
reason FOR · solution TO · increase IN · answer TO
Write a sentence about a problem without a wrong preposition in it.
In Hindi
संज्ञाओं के साथ भी preposition तय होते हैं, और अक्सर उनकी क्रिया से अलग।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
There is no solution of this problem. | There is no solution to this problem. The pair is "solution to", even though Hindi suggests "of". |
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Noun + preposition is a CEFR B2 structure — the confident band — and it belongs to prepositions. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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