Prepositions · CEFR B2 · Confident
Noun + preposition — English prepositions
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.
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।
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The mistake to fix first
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". |
Easy to confuse with
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Questions people ask
- What is the noun + preposition used for?
- 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. In practice: write a sentence about a problem without a wrong preposition in it.
- How do you form the noun + preposition?
- reason FOR · solution TO · increase IN · answer TO.
- What is the most common mistake with the noun + preposition?
- Saying “There is no solution of this problem.” instead of “There is no solution to this problem.”. The pair is "solution to", even though Hindi suggests "of".
Where noun + preposition fits
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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