Difference between revisions of "From"

Revision as of 11:36, 18 March 2020

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.

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.

Unlike most prepositions, neither from (source) nor to (goal, destination), is used as a verb-particle.

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 ==Verbs used with ''from''==
-*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">prevent</span>:  Prison can <span style="color:#044;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:#044;font-weight:bold;">stop</span> the coronavirus <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> spreading.
 *<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">suffer</span>:  Anyone who <span style="color:#044;font-weight:bold;">suffers</span> <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> cluster headaches knows how paralyzing they can be.