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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">come</span>: This cheese <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">comes</span> <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> the Pyrenees. | *<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">come</span>: This cheese <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">comes</span> <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> the Pyrenees. | ||
*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">get</span>: I <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">got</span> this book <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> the library. | *<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">get</span>: I <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">got</span> this book <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> the library. | ||
+ | *<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">hear</span>: I <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">heard</span> it from <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">Malefoi</span> so I'm not sure it is true. | ||
*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">prevent</span>: Prison can <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">prevent</span> people <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> harming others outside the prison. | *<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">prevent</span>: Prison can <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">prevent</span> people <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> harming others outside the prison. | ||
*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">stop</span>: Drastic action was needed to <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">stop</span> the coronavirus <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> spreading. | *<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">stop</span>: Drastic action was needed to <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">stop</span> the coronavirus <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> spreading. |
Revision as of 11:44, 18 March 2020
Preposition
The noun that follows from is usually a source, or a point of origin. (space, time, scale/measure)
- We're flying from Paris to Marrakesh, then we'll drive from Marrakesh to Essaouira.
- Tomorrow, I'm working from 8:30am to 7:30pm.
- In early 2020 the coronavirus situation went from bad to worse.
Verbs used with from
- come: This cheese comes from the Pyrenees.
- get: I got this book from the library.
- hear: I heard it from Malefoi so I'm not sure it is true.
- prevent: Prison can prevent people from harming others outside the prison.
- stop: Drastic action was needed to stop the coronavirus from spreading.
- suffer: Anyone who suffers from cluster headaches knows how paralyzing they can be.
- take: Orwell took his inspiration for 1984 from Zamyatin's book We.
No particle
Unlike most prepositions, neither from (source) nor to (goal, destination), is used as a verb-particle.